Editing Wally

| voiced by=Melissa Mabie (2020)

'''Wally''' is a Pokémon trainer who was featured as a supporting character and friendly rival character in the third generation games of the ''[[Portal: Pokémon|Pokémon]]'' series: ''[[Pokémon: Ruby and Sapphire Versions|Pokémon: Ruby, Sapphire]]'' and ''[[Pokémon: Emerald Version|Emerald Versions]]'', as well as in the remakes ''[[Pokémon: Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire|Omega Ruby and and Alpha Sapphire]]''.

Wally was a sickly boy who originally lived in Petalburg City with his parents. He always dreamed of owning his own Pokémon. It was eventually decided that he would spend some time with relatives at Verdanturf City, where the cleaner air would help him. Before leaving, he went to Petalburg City's Pokémon Gym and asked the gym leader [[Norman]] to help him catch a Pokémon. Norman lent him a Pokémon and sent his child [[Brendan]]/[[May]] to teach Wally how to catch a Pokémon. With the player character's guidance, Wally was able to catch his first Pokémon, a [[Ralts]].

After moving to Verdanturf, Wally's health began to improve, due in part to the presence of Pokémon in his life.. At one point, he believed that he had become strong enough to challenge a Pokémon gym (despite still only possessing one Pokémon), and had his uncle bring him to the Mauville City gym. His uncle would not allow him to enter, because he did not think he was ready. Luckily, Brendan/May arrived at that time, and Wally challenged them in order to test himself. After being defeated, Wally willingly returned to Verdanturf until he became stronger. Wally soon became genuinely stronger, both in terms of his health and his Pokémon team, and he began traveling with his Pokémon. He confronted Brendan/May on Victory Road and challenged them with his improved team of Pokémon. Although he was defeated, again Wally swore he would catch up with the player trainer one day and could be rechallenged there endlessly, with a stronger team each time for the first four rematches.

Wally returned in ''[[Pokémon Sun and Moon|Sun, Moon]]'', ''[[Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon|Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon]]'', set at least ten years later, as a competitor at the Battle Tree in the [[Alola Islands]] who could be battled and recruited as a partner.

*He appeared in the ''Pokémon Adventures'' manga with a large role in the ''Ruby''/''Sapphire'' arc. In this version, Norman refused to teach him how to be a trainer after learning about his condition, at which point Ruby took over and lent him a Ralts while teaching him how to catch Pokémon. As Ruby was promptly lost in a river while protecting a Pokémon, Wally held onto his Ralts for him. Wally later became a stronger trainer and was shown to wear a special respirator suit. Norman eventually took Wally in and used him to help in awakening [[Rayquaza]], which required someone of a child's size (a role that had been intended for Norman's son Ruby before his disappearance). He also temporarily held the third starter Pokémon [[Treecko]] and a Pokédex that [[Professor Birch]] had lost. It evolved into a [[Grovyle]] before it was lost, but the Pokédex was returned to Birch, with both being meant for the new character Emerald (thus Wally acted as a temporary placeholder for him). Wally made a return appearance in the ''Omega Ruby''/''Alpha Sapphire'' arc, where he gave an injured Sapphire shelter in his Secret Base and later helped with the effort to stop Grand Meteor Delta.

*He is the first rival character in the games who does not have any of that generation's starter Pokémon.

*His Galladite was given to him by Wanda, who discovered it and a Gardevoirite (which she later gave to Brenda/May) when light descended from the sky following the defeat of Groudon/Kyogre.