Trial Captain
A Trial Captain (Japanese: キャプテン Captain) is a person who designs and presides over a certain island challenge trial and gives guidance to participating Trainers. All of the Trial Captains have previously completed their own island challenge a few years prior. They retire from their position when they turn 20.[1] Like Gym Leaders, they specialize in certain types of Pokémon. They can be identified by the flower-shaped adornment they wear someplace on their bodies, each with a different colored jewel to represent their specialized type. There are sixSM/sevenUSUM Trial Captains who each preside over a trial in the island challenge, although as shown by the Vast Poni Canyon trial in Sun and Moon, a trial can exist in a functional form without a Captain to preside over it.
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Normally, Captains are chosen by the island's Kahuna. However, in special circumstances, they may be chosen by the previous Captain, as was the case when Molayne chose Sophocles to succeed him after retiring.
All Trial Captains keep their Pokémon in Ultra Balls, with the exception of Lana, who uses Net Balls instead.
List of Trial Captains
Melemele Island
| Melemele Island | ||||
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| Trial Captain Japanese |
Location Japanese |
Type | Totem Pokémon | Ally Pokémon |
 Ilima イリマ Ilima |
Verdant Cavern 茂みの洞窟 Verdant Cavern |
 Normal |
 GumshoosSUS |
 YungoosSUS |
 Alolan RaticateMUM |
 Alolan RattataMUM | |||
Akala Island
| Akala Island | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trial Captain Japanese |
Location Japanese |
Type | Totem Pokémon | Ally Pokémon | |
 Lana スイレン Suiren |
Brooklet Hill せせらぎの丘 Brooklet Hill |
 Water |
 Wishiwashi (School Form)SM |
 WishiwashiSM |
 AlomomolaSM |
 AraquanidUSUM |
 DewpiderUSUM |
 MasquerainUSUM | |||
 Kiawe カキ Kaki |
Wela Volcano Park ヴェラ火山公園 Wela Volcano Park |
 Fire |
 SalazzleSM |
 SalanditSM |
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 Alolan MarowakUSUM |
 SalazzleUSUM |
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 Mallow マオ Mao |
Lush Jungle シェードジャングル Shade Jungle |
 Grass |
 Lurantis |
 TrumbeakSM |
 CastformSM |
 ComfeyUSUM |
 KecleonUSUM | ||||
Ula'ula Island
| Ula'ula Island | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trial Captain Japanese |
Location Japanese |
Type | Totem Pokémon | Ally Pokémon | |
 Sophocles マーマネ Mamane |
Hokulani Observatory ホクラニ天文台 Hōkūlani Observatory |
 Electric |
 VikavoltSM |
 CharjabugSM |
CharjabugSM |
 TogedemaruUSUM |
 SkarmoryUSUM |
 DedenneUSUM | |||
 Acerola アセロラ Acerola |
Thrifty Megamart (Abandoned Site) スーパー・メガやす 跡地 Supermarket Megacheap (Abandoned Site) |
 Ghost |
 Mimikyu |
 HaunterSM |
 GengarSM |
 BanetteUSUM |
 JellicentUSUM | ||||
Poni Island
| Poni Island | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trial Captain Japanese |
Location Japanese |
Type | Totem Pokémon | Ally Pokémon | |
 Mina マツリカ Matsurika |
NoneSM |  Fairy |
NoneSM | NoneSM | |
| Seafolk Village 海の民の村 Seafolk VillageUSUM |
 RibombeeUSUM |
 BlisseyUSUM |
 PelipperUSUM | ||
In the anime
In the anime, trialgoers can freely challenge a Totem Pokémon without having someone to supervise them. As a result, trials are not presided by Trial Captains. However, Lana, Kiawe, Sophocles, and Mallow have appeared as students of the Pokémon School and classmates of Ash. They all debuted in Alola to New Adventure!.
Ilima debuted in Turning Heads and Training Hard! as a graduate of the Pokémon School.
Acerola debuted in Why Not Give Me a Z-Ring Sometime? as a girl living in a library on Ula'ula Island. Like in the games, she has a close relationship with Nanu. She also provided support for Ash with his Ula'ula Island grand trial.
Mina debuted in The Shape of Love to Come! as a wandering artist. With the assistance of her Ribombee, Mina can detect the emotions of both humans and Pokémon.
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
Lana, Kiawe, and Mallow are the first Trial Captains to appear in Pokémon Adventures, debuting in Going Ashore and Neighboring Akala Island. The three are initially reluctant to recognize Sun as a trialgoer, but soon Sun and Kiawe bond with each other upon learning that both of them have the same goal of saving money for a certain purpose. Lana, still unconvinced, leads Sun to Brooklet Hill for her trial. Eventually Sun manages to complete Lana's trial by calming the local Totem Pokémon, earning her respect.
While Sun and Lana travel to Brooklet Hill, Moon and Mallow head to Lush Jungle to find the special Mirage Berry meant to be delivered for the guardian deities of Alola. After witnessing a Xurkitree battling Tapu Lele in the sky above the forest, the two start searching for the Mirage Berry, which they eventually find with the help of the local wild Pokémon.
Later, after Professor Kukui's boat is attacked by a wild Bruxish, Sun and Moon are saved and brought to the Aether House, where they meet Trial Captain Acerola, who tasks Sun with clearing her trial at the Thrifty Megamart. Sun eventually clears the trial by befriending the local Totem Pokémon, a Mimikyu, which he even catches and adds to his team.
Ilima, the sole Trial Captain of Melemele Island, later joins Acerola, the Trial Captains of Akala, and Hau in traveling to Po Town to talk with Team Skull. However, when they arrive at Team Skull's base, they are surrounded and attacked by a group of Ultra Beasts, which are soon revealed to have been summoned by a Cosmog in Guzma's possession. The Ultra Beasts eventually break out of Po Town and start rampaging around Ula'ula Island, forcing Molayne and Sophocles to start evacuating people to the Hokulani Observatory.
Six months after Ultra Beasts had started to appear in Alola, Mina, the sole Trial Captain of Poni Island, finally answers the call to join the other Captains and joins them on Exeggutor Island. Later, after the Trial Captains finish their training on Exeggutor Island, they move to Hokulani Observatory, from which they detect an Ultra Wormhole opening above Mount Lanakila. When they attempt to travel there to investigate, they are attacked by an army of Ultra Beasts commanded by Aether Foundation Employees. By combining their Z-Moves, the Trial Captains are able to defeat all the Ultra Beasts.
Trivia
- In Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, Trial Captains use the Trainer battle theme from Pokémon Sun and Moon, instead of the Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon version of said theme.
- The Japanese, Korean, and Italian terms for Trial Captains are the same as their respective terms for wardens.
In other languages
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See also
References
- Mallow: "I mean, we have to move on from being captains when we turn 20 anyway." (Pokémon Moon)
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