Aaron

Aaron in Diamond and Pearl
Aaaron
Species	Human
Affiliation	Elite Four (Sinnoh)
Hair color	Green
Eye color	Green
Voiced by	Kevin Gomez (2022)
Debut	Pokémon: Diamond/Pearl Versions

Aaron is the first member of Sinnoh's Elite Four who appears as an opponent in Pokémon: Diamond, Pearl and Platinum Versions (as well as the Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl remakes). He specializes in bug-type Pokémon.

Background

Aaron was a young-looking member of the Elite Four who was known for being a big fan of Bug-type Pokémon. He appreciated them for being both "nasty-mean" and beautiful, and he claimed that he started admiring them for their survival skills when he was young. He viewed Bug Pokémon as perfect and said that he took on challengers as an Elite Four member so that he could become as perfect as his Pokémon. Because of his ideal view of Bug-type Pokémon, he blamed any flaws or defeats he suffered solely on himself.

In Diamond, Pearl and Platinum (as well as Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl), he was challenged and defeated by Lucas/Dawn. He conceded defeat while hoping that the challenger recognized the greatness of Bug-type Pokémon and realized why they were up against the Elite Four, due to battling being a complex affair. As he lost with "the most beautiful and toughest of the bug Pokémon", he attributed his loss to not being tough enough and resigned himself to further training.

Pokémon Roster

Aaron uses the following Pokémon for the Elite Four challenge in Diamond, Pearl and Platinum:

• Dustox (Diamond/Pearl only)/Yanmega (Platinum only)
• Beautifly (Diamond/Pearl only)/Scizor (Platinum only)
• Heracross
• Vespiquen
• Drapion

In Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl, he uses his Pokémon from the Diamond/Pearl games for the first battle and his Platinum line-up for rematches. He would also add Flygon to his team after the Stark Mountain events.

In Other Pokémon Games

In Pokémon Masters EX, Aaron and his Vespiquen appear as a playable sync pair that could be recruited at random through the game's Sync Pair Scout feature starting in May 2022. He could alternately use Heracross or Drapion when faced as an opponent. He was featured in the Solo Event "Sinnoh Elite Four Assemble", in which the members of Sinnoh's Elite Four gathered on the beach after all of them had arrived at Pasio, and they discussed their goals. Lucian confirmed that they all sought to surpass Cynthia. Aaron felt that he needed more training and planned to train alongside other Bug-type trainers. He also appeared as an opponent in the Champion Stadium's Sinnoh Challenge, which replicated the line-up of Sinnoh's Elite Four and champion.

Other Appearances

Other Media

• Aaron has appeared in two episodes of the Pokémon anime. In the first episode, he trained with Ash Ketchum and his friends for an upcoming battle with Cynthia. It was shown that he had abandoned a Wurmple for being weak when he was a child, and his regrets about that caused him to pay more attention to his Pokémon afterwards. At the end of the episode, he was reunited with his Pokémon as a Beautifly. In the next episode, he was seen battling Cynthia and lost to her.
• In the Pokémon Adventures manga, he and some of the other Elite Four members made a brief appearance in the Platinum arc, where they deciphered hidden information within Charon's notebook for Diamond and Pearl to use to stop Charon's plan to capture Sinnoh's legendary Pokémon.

Trivia

• His name may be derived from 'arachnid'. His Japanese name is Ryou, named after the Japanese clethra.
• Despite his young appearance, he refers to the player character as a 'kid' in Diamond and Pearl, implying that he is significantly older.
• In Black and White 2, one television program on the Variety channel seems to be describing Aaron's possible background, as it describes a Bug Catcher and gym leader in Sinnoh who left his gym to join the Elite Four.
• In Diamond and Pearl, his room at the Pokémon League is a standard-looking room with a fighting ring and a green color scheme. In Platinum, it is more personalized, with a brown floor containing rocks, grass and a log.