Crasher Wake (anime)

Crasher Wake
Information
Gender	Male
Hometown	Pastoria City
Region	Sinnoh
Friends	Ash Ketchum Dawn Brock
Occupation	Gym Leader
Appears in	Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl
Debut	Cream of the Croagunk Crop!
Other information
Specialist type	Water
In other languages
Japanese	Name マキシマム仮面 Makishimamu Kamen Voice actor(s) Tetsu Inada
Japanese	Name マキシマム仮面 Makishimamu Kamen Voice actor(s) Tetsu Inada
English	Name Crasher Wake Voice actor(s) David Brimmer
English	Name Crasher Wake Voice actor(s) David Brimmer

For the variant appearing in the games, see Crasher Wake.

Crasher Wake is a character appearing in Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl, who is the Gym Leader of Pastoria City in the Sinnoh region.

Appearance

This section, or a part of it, has been transcluded from Crasher Wake; any changes involving it should be made there instead. /  Crasher Wake is a middle-aged man, who has a patch of black hair and beard. He doesn't wear a shirt, but he wears orange/blue bracers and boots. His blue pants with orange outlines have black appendages on his legs, which resemble Swampert's appearance. He also wears a blue mask with white wings-like appendages. Crasher Wake is a very strong-built man.

Personality

Boisterous and dramatic, Crasher Wake is a very extroverted Trainer of sorts. He is extremely adamant in his beliefs, going so far in his training to the point of enduring the raw power of a heavy waterfall to prove it. Despite not being a Fighting type specialist, Crasher Wake enjoys proving his muscle even in defeat.

Etymology

The name Crasher Wake comes from "wake" of an object in water; e.g. the wake of a boat is the disturbance it makes as it travels through water. The term "Crasher" could refer to crashing waves. His Japanese name, Makishimamu Kamen, means "Maximum Mask", referring to the mask on his face. It also contains "kishi," which is Japanese for "coast," and "shima", which is Japanese for "island". Following the plant-based theme of naming Gym Leaders, it could also comes from "Maxillaria", a genus of flowers.

Biography

Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl

When the heroes came to Pastoria City, they went to its Gym to have Ash battle the Gym Leader. They found Crasher Wake, to whom Ash felt a bit intimidated by its size. Ash still wanted to challenge him, to which Crasher Wake refused, for he had some business to attend to, but offered them to come with them. The group quickly took a train, and when Crasher Wake emerged from it, the heroes lost him. Following a trail of Croagunk, the heroes came to a spot, finding Crasher Wake, who was in charge of a Croagunk festival, dedicated to the guardian of the swamp of Pastoria Marsh. He was the judge of an evaluation contest, showing a special crown as an award.

As Team Rocket arrived to snatch the crown, Crasher Wake went to send a Pokémon, but remembered he had left all of his Pokémon at the Gym. After retrieving the crown, Crasher Wake awarded Chrissy, a Croagunk, as the winner. He then turned to Ash, accepting his Gym challenge for tomorrow, before ending the festival by playing music. When the heroes approached the Gym, Crasher Wake greeted them, asking Ash if he was ready for the match. Ash confirmed so, even if his Buizel was upset at Pikachu over an incident at their earlier training. Crasher Wake sent Floatzel, which made Buizel much more determined to fight it. At the battlefield, Crasher Wake sent Gyarados, who was quickly defeated by Volt Tackle.

As Crasher Wake sent Quagsire, Ash swapped Pikachu with Turtwig, who didn't land a strong hit, even with Energy Ball or Ice Beam, and suffered Sludge Bomb attack. This forced Ash to send Buizel in. Buizel used Aqua Jet and merged with Ice Beam to strike Quagsire, defeating it. Crasher Wake was impressed, before sending Floatzel in. Floatzel and Buizel had a competitive battle against each other, clashing with Sonic Boom and Razor Wind. As Buizel fired Water Pulse, Floatzel redirected the attack at Buizel, causing it to become confused. This caused Ash to swap Buizel with Pikachu, whose Thunderbolt accidentally struck Buizel, curing its confusion. but the latter didn't have much luck, either: despite using Volt Tackle, it tripped over from Razor Wind.

When Pikachu's back became frozen by Ice Fang, Buizel was sent out, and it did manage to finish off Floatzel with Water Pulse. Crasher Wake was greatly impressed, and awarded Ash with a Fen Badge for his victory. While the gang walked to Snowpoint City, a flashback of what happened so far on their journey was shown.

When the heroes met Mamie, she stated that before meeting them, she challenged Crasher Wake for a battle but she lost. After her Glameow evolved into Purugly and defeated Team Rocket, she parted ways with the heroes and went to Pastoria City to challenge Crasher Wake again.

Pokémon—Zoroark: Master of Illusions

Crasher Wake also appeared in the ending scene of the 13th Pokémon movie, along with his Floatzel.

Pokémon

On hand

Crasher Wake's Gyarados is used first on his battle with Ash. It was used to battle Ash's Pikachu but was quickly defeated by Thunderbolt and a Volt Tackle.

Gyarados ♂

Quagsire battled Turtwig and Buizel forcing Ash to recall Turtwig before getting beaten by Buizel who used Aqua Jet.

Quagsire

Floatzel was Wake's main pokemon and almost defeated Buizel and Pikachu but was finally beaten when Buizel launched a Water Pulse at point blank range.

Floatzel ♂

Voice actors

• Czech: Vojtech Hajek
• Polish: Jakub Szydlowski
• Portuguese (Brazil): Sidney Lilla
• Spanish: Roberto Encinas
• Iberian Spanish: Raul Anaya

Gallery

See also

• Crasher Wake (DPA)
• Crasher Wake (Masters trailer)