Lieutenant Surge

Lt. Surge (サージ中尉, Sāji Chūi), is both a fictional character and deuteragonist from the Super Kingdom Bros.'s Sonic Pokémon series created by Yuji Naka and Satoshi Tajiri. He is the Gym Leader of Vermilion City's Gym and in the Kanto region.

He was also an executive of Team Rocket under Giovanni's command, along with the other 2 Gym Leaders: Sabrina and Koga. As the Gym Leader, Lt. Surge mainly uses Electric-type Pokémon, and holds the Thunder Badge for any of the trainers that defeat him in battle.

"The name's Surge! I'm the lightning lieutenant who battles with Electric-type Pokémon!"
 * —Lt. Surge.

Appearance & Biography

 * Voice Actor: Patrick Seitz (English), Fumihiko Tachiki (Japanese), Not Known (Albanian), Not Known (Arabic), Not Known (Basque), Not Known (Brazilian), Not Known (Cantonese), Not Known (Catalan), Not Known (Chinese), Not Known (Croatian), Not Known (Dutch), Not Known (Finnish), Not Known (Filipino), Not Known (French), Not Known (Galician), Not Known (German), Not Known (Greek), Not Known (Hebrew), Not Known (Hong Kong), Not Known (Hungarian), Not Known (Indonesian), Not Known (Italian), Not Known (Korean), Not Known (Mandarin), Not Known (Norwegian), Not Known (Polish), Not Known (Portuguese), Not Known (Romanian), Not Known (Russian), Not Known (Serbian), Not Known (Spanish), Not Known (Swedish), Not Known (Tagalog), Not Known (Thai), Not Known (Valencian), Not Known (Ukrainian), Not Known (Brazilian Portuguese), Not Known (European Spanish), Not Known (European Portuguese), Not Known (Latin American Spanish), Not Known (Latin Spanish)

Biography
This cautious Electric-type Gym Leader sets a lot of traps in his Gym. He excels at paralyzing his opponents in battle.

Appearance
Lt. Surge resembles an adult with spiked blonde hair and light skin. Lt. Surge's build is that of a large, muscular man, having tall stature and a very muscular body.

Lt. Surge wears a sleeveless green shirt, camouflage pants, and black boots. He also wears a military dogtag.


 * Hair Color: Blonde
 * Skin Color: Not Known
 * Eye Color: Blue
 * Age: Not Known
 * Birthday: Not Known
 * Height: Not Known
 * Weight: Not Known

Personality
Lt. Surge is an arrogant, mean, loud, and crude gym leader. who belittles others as "babies" if they do not meet his qualities, similar to his own Raichu. His military training received in the Army can be used as an example to show his violent and militaristic nature. In battle, Lt. Surge unleashes offensive, brutal attacks on his opponent. Lt. Surge is serious and always flared up. He appreciates challengers who are persistent.

However, after Ash defeated him, Lt. Surge recognized the challenger's strength. he is shown to have a more compassionate side, as he states the reason for joining the other Gym Leaders and Trainers in the battle against the world-beyond threats to protect Vermilion City on the world from the attacking forces. He also displays concern for others, even going as far as to risk his own life to rescue Bill from Team Galactic's acid pool.

Friends/Allies

 * Koga
 * Sabrina

Neutral

 * Team Rocket
 * Jessie
 * James
 * Meowth
 * Ash Ketchum

On hand

 * Pikachu → Raichu
 * Electabuzz → Electivire
 * Magnemite → Magneton → Magnezone
 * Eevee → Jolteon
 * Voltorb → Electrode
 * Manectric

Travel with
This section shows the Pokémon that Lt. Surge currently travels with, but has not caught.

In training
This section is for the Pokémon that Lt. Surge still owns but are in the care of another Trainer. Some can be called upon at any time if needed.

Status unknown
This section is for Lt. Surge's Pokémon whose current whereabouts are unknown.

Released
This section is for the Pokémon that Lt. Surge formally released back into the wild.

Traded away
This section is for the Pokémon that Lt. Surge traded away.

Given away
This section is for the Pokémon that Lt. Surge gave to another Trainer to keep for themselves.

At Vermilion Gym
Pokémon that Lt. Surge resides at his gym are the following:


 * Elekid (multiple)
 * Electabuzz (multiple)
 * Lanturn
 * Pachirisu
 * Pichu (multiple)
 * Pikachu (multiple)
 * Magnemite (multiple)
 * Magneton (multiple)
 * Voltorb (multiple)

Befriended/Unofficial
This section is for the Pokémon that Lt. Surge had bonded with over the course of several episodes but never officially caught.


 * Zapdos
 * Raikou

Temporary
This section is for the Pokémon that Lt. Surge temporarily used. Many of which were rented and belong to another Trainer.


 * Red Gyarados

Early Life
Lt. Surge, along with Wattson, were researching Pikachu and related Pokémon for their special move. The move was dubbed as Volt Tackle, and the discovery was written in a magazine that Ash showed to Ethan.

Enrollment
Giovanni placed Lt. Surge, Sabrina and Koga as his three subordinates, who trained the grunts, while Giovanni was inspiring them with speeches.

Etymology

 * Lt. Surge's name is a play on the word "surge", as in an electrical surge, since he is an Electric-type Pokémon trainer.