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Appearance
A female referee
All battle judges wear a long-sleeved shirt with a standard black, turn-down collar and a Poké Ball emblem on
the left side, over the heart. The colors of the shirt vary, but the more common
shades are orange and blue.
Aside from this, anything else goes when it comes to leg-wear, but the standard
appears to be shorts.
The shorts are usually lined, at the hem of the legs, with the matching color of
the shirt.
Robotic judges, on the other hand, vary in size in shape, but they are normally
equipped with red and
green flags, the flags designating opponents (and not fouls).
Requirements
Judges are trained to critically evaluate the battle field, which includes the
Pokémon, the Trainers, and
the field itself, if the terrain is not ordinary. They have to be able to
recognize when a Pokémon has
fainted (temporarily knocked unconscious, like in some cases such as Pikachu's)
and announce a winner
through defeat, by determining all aspects of a Pokémon, including its type-cast
and what a species as a
whole is capable of (attacks and abilities).
They are responsible for officially beginning a match and upholding the rules of
the battle, such as how
many Pokémon a Trainer can use and what are the clauses, such as substitution
limitations, making it clear
to all Trainers involved what the parameters of the match are. The terms for a
win are also in their ruling,
as in what is required for a Trainer to lose the match. In general practice,
the default appears to be until
all the available Pokémon on one side are "unable to battle."
Their ruling is usually absolute, so making the correct call is imperative to
the eventual announcement of a
match. A wrong call might lead to the questioning of a judge's abilities to
referee, especially in a professional
setting. According to Serena, a battle judge must have confidence that the
decision and ruling they are making
is correct, otherwise it leaves room for error.
A battle judge, also known as a referee, is a person in the anime that presides
over the judgment of
Pokémon battles between Trainers in official, designated challenges, identifiable
by the Poké Ball symbol
on their shirts. They are found at tournaments, championships, and even some Gym
Leader matches when
a Gym Leader does not designate a personal hand to referee the match. There is
no game counterpart to a
battle judge.
Most Gym Leaders, however, do not have official league judges and instead instate
a capable student, intern,
assistant, or even a family member to aid in calling matches between Leader and
Trainer. Their calls are
official and appear to have the same judgmental powers as learned battle judges.
This is not the case in
most Kanto Gyms, where no official or unofficial referee was present to rule,
except in the case of Agatha
in the Viridian Gym, who allowed Scott to judge the match against her and Ash;
the Gym Leaders primarily
self-judged the match. Robots can also referee battles between Trainers, as
seen in Ash's battles against
Spenser, whose robot is named Jamero, Volkner, and Clemont, whose robot is
known as Clembot.
Referee of Sunyshore Gym
Gym Leaders themselves are qualified judges. Ex-Gym Leader Brock has provided
judgment for many Trainer
battles over the course of the series, Roark presided over an official Gym
match between Byron and Ash,
and Flannery's grandfather—the former Lavaridge Gym Leader—took up the position
as the judge for
Flannery's match against Ash.
The anime episode Judgment Day! showcases the training a person must go through
to become a judge.
In Hoenn, the Pokémon Battle Judge Training Institute is located on Bomba Island,
where Professor Serena
teaches and ex-student Jimmy studied. Jimmy mentions that for battle judge
training, this school is the
"only one there is," either indicating that all judges are trained out of
Hoenn, it is the only battle judge
school in Hoenn, or it is the top school for such training (if not one of the
top schools).
According to Brock, there are not many judges capable of evaluating a battle at
the level necessary for
battles sanctioned by the Pokémon League, so only so many exist under the
profession of "official." Max
hints at the profession's prestige and esteem: given that so few are capable of
judging a League battle,
simply being able to is an honor.
Appearance
A female referee
All battle judges wear a long-sleeved shirt with a standard black, turn-down collar and a Poké Ball emblem on
the left side, over the heart. The colors of the shirt vary, but the more common
shades are orange and blue.
Aside from this, anything else goes when it comes to leg-wear, but the standard
appears to be shorts.
The shorts are usually lined, at the hem of the legs, with the matching color of
the shirt.
Robotic judges, on the other hand, vary in size in shape, but they are normally
equipped with red and
green flags, the flags designating opponents (and not fouls).
Requirements
Judges are trained to critically evaluate the battle field, which includes the
Pokémon, the Trainers, and
the field itself, if the terrain is not ordinary. They have to be able to
recognize when a Pokémon has
fainted (temporarily knocked unconscious, like in some cases such as Pikachu's)
and announce a winner
through defeat, by determining all aspects of a Pokémon, including its type-cast
and what a species as a
whole is capable of (attacks and abilities).
They are responsible for officially beginning a match and upholding the rules of
the battle, such as how
many Pokémon a Trainer can use and what are the clauses, such as substitution
limitations, making it clear
to all Trainers involved what the parameters of the match are. The terms for a
win are also in their ruling,
as in what is required for a Trainer to lose the match. In general practice,
the default appears to be until
all the available Pokémon on one side are "unable to battle."
Their ruling is usually absolute, so making the correct call is imperative to
the eventual announcement of a
match. A wrong call might lead to the questioning of a judge's abilities to
referee, especially in a professional
setting. According to Serena, a battle judge must have confidence that the
decision and ruling they are making
is correct, otherwise it leaves room for error.
A battle judge, also known as a referee, is a person in the anime that presides
over the judgment of
Pokémon battles between Trainers in official, designated challenges, identifiable
by the Poké Ball symbol
on their shirts. They are found at tournaments, championships, and even some Gym
Leader matches when
a Gym Leader does not designate a personal hand to referee the match. There is
no game counterpart to a
battle judge.
Most Gym Leaders, however, do not have official league judges and instead instate
a capable student, intern,
assistant, or even a family member to aid in calling matches between Leader and
Trainer. Their calls are
official and appear to have the same judgmental powers as learned battle judges.
This is not the case in
most Kanto Gyms, where no official or unofficial referee was present to rule,
except in the case of Agatha
in the Viridian Gym, who allowed Scott to judge the match against her and Ash;
the Gym Leaders primarily
self-judged the match. Robots can also referee battles between Trainers, as
seen in Ash's battles against
Spenser, whose robot is named Jamero, Volkner, and Clemont, whose robot is
known as Clembot.
Referee of Sunyshore Gym
Gym Leaders themselves are qualified judges. Ex-Gym Leader Brock has provided
judgment for many Trainer
battles over the course of the series, Roark presided over an official Gym
match between Byron and Ash,
and Flannery's grandfather—the former Lavaridge Gym Leader—took up the position
as the judge for
Flannery's match against Ash.
The anime episode Judgment Day! showcases the training a person must go through
to become a judge.
In Hoenn, the Pokémon Battle Judge Training Institute is located on Bomba Island,
where Professor Serena
teaches and ex-student Jimmy studied. Jimmy mentions that for battle judge
training, this school is the
"only one there is," either indicating that all judges are trained out of
Hoenn, it is the only battle judge
school in Hoenn, or it is the top school for such training (if not one of the
top schools).
According to Brock, there are not many judges capable of evaluating a battle at
the level necessary for
battles sanctioned by the Pokémon League, so only so many exist under the
profession of "official." Max
hints at the profession's prestige and esteem: given that so few are capable of
judging a League battle,
simply being able to is an honor.