Rico (called Ryo in the original Japanese) is an antagonist in the Pokemon: Advanced series, appearing in "A Poached Ego!" He is a poacher in the Hoenn region who is being paid to capture Poison-type Pokémon, and comes into conflict with Team Rocket.
He was voiced by Daiki Nakamura in Japanese as well as by Marc Thompson in the English dub.
What Makes Him a Hate Sink?[]
- He's a poacher who uses cruel methods to capture Pokemon. He's also sadistic and seems to enjoy hurting Pokemon for its own sake.
- He locks the Pokemon he caught in an electrified cage, which injures them.
- Despite being extremely arrogant, he's amateurish as he injures the Pokemon that he worked to catch, and carelessly leaves them unattended in the open where anyone could find them.
- He tries to steal Team Rocket's Arbok and Weezing for a bonus and attacks them when they refuse.
- He has his Tyranitar fire Hyper Beam directly at Team Rocket, which could have killed them. In the dub, he explicitly threatens their lives and only leaves them alive because he's more concerned about finding the escaped Pokemon.
- His actions result in Team Rocket having to release Arbok and Weezing so they can protect the Ekans and Koffing from him.
Trivia[]
- He's even more of a hate sink in the dub, where he explicitly threatens Team Rocket's lives, while in the original he just said he would beat them up.
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