Editing Wattson

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'''Wattson''' is a senior Pokémon trainer and one of the gym leaders of the [[Hoenn]] region who must be battled in ''[[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 Alpha Sapphire]]''. He specializes in electric-type Pokémon.

Wattson was apparently a trainer for a long time; one trainer in his gym says he was a Pokémon trainer before "[the player's] daddy was born" (it is uncertain if the trainer was speaking generally or specifically referring to [[Norman]], the player character's father) . He was said to have founded Mauville City in addition to becoming its gym leader. Wattson had a jovial demeanor even into his old age, saying that laughter was the secret to health, and he had a habit of breaking out into over-the-top laughter. Wattson also had plans to convert the city into an expansion project, which took on the form of an underground city. However, some unspecified things happened which caused development of the area to be closed down and the area to become prohibited. Wattson focused on his gym and built a series of switch-activated dynamos there that would create electrical barriers, so that any challengers would have to navigate their way through them to reach him.  

In ''Ruby'', ''Sapphire'', ''Emerald'', ''Omega Ruby'' and ''Alpha Sapphire'', Wattson was amused when [[Brendan]]/[[May]] managed to navigate through his door traps and was defeated by this challenger. He admitted defeat and said the fight had given him a thrill, before proceeding to give Brandan/May a Dynamo Badge as well as TM 34: Shock Wave. Apparently, seeing this young trainer gave Wattson a rush of optimism. In ''Emerald'', he could later challenge the trainer to several more rematches through the Match Call feature, after taking some time to redo his challenge.  

*Wattson was featured in two episodes of the Pokémon anime, where his gym was rigged with various other prank devices that amused Wattson. The first episode showed his gym battle with [[Red#Ash Ketchum|Ash]], which Ash won easily due to [[Pikachu]] having been accidentally supercharged by Wattson's [[Raikou]] robot. The rest of the episode showed Wattson's ensuing depression which ended after he helped to defeat [[Team Rocket]]. In the second episode, he saved the group from Team Rocket during a return visit to Mauville, and had a rematch with Ash which Wattson won.

*Wattson appears in the ''Pokémon Adventures'' manga, where he has a tendency to say puns and is light-hearted about his duties, giving badges to children who challenge him in the field even if they lose, as long as they show spirit. [[May|Sapphire]] is enraged at him upon learning this, but she winds up helping Wattson and his friend discover the lost civilization of New Mauville which would help Mauville City stop its space problem, and he gives her the badge in reward. At the gym leader's conference, he sympathizes with [[Team Magma]] because their expansion of the land could help Mauville with its space problem, and he also has a chat with [[Norman]], apparently being one of the few who know of his secret burdens. After [[Groudon]] and [[Kyogre]] are awakened, Wattson is sent to battle Kyogre but winds up battling [[Team Aqua]] member Amber and is nearly killed after being attacked by his [[Ninjask]] and falling into the water, but he is saved by Sapphire's [[Wailord]]. Despite his injuries, he reprogams New Mauville's electric generator to fly to Sootopolis to help [[Brendan|Ruby]] and Sapphire in their final battles. He returns with the other gym leaders in the ''Omega Ruby''/''Alpha Sapphire'' arc, where they work together to help stop the threat of Grand Meteor Delta.

*His name is a pun combining the name Watson with "watts", the unit used to measure electric current.