Tucker Heath



Tucker Heath is a canon character, one of the Frontier Brains from Pokémon Emerald and the Pokémon anime.

In The Network he is played by Pkergirl.

Profile

 * Name: Tucker Heath
 * Gender: Male
 * Age: 26
 * Birthdate: August 5th, 1980
 * Hometown: Fallarbor Town, Hoenn
 * Location: Celadon City, Kanto
 * Resume: Frontier Brain (Dome Ace), Pokémon Trainer, superstar, acrobat, dancer, singer, potential tactician, aesthete.
 * Relations: Two parents approaching retirement; Victor as his best friend/boyfriend.
 * Sexual preference: Bisexual
 * Status: He himself isn't sure of it, and he, rather, doesn’t care.
 * Likes: Crowds, himself, tactics, entertaining his audience, Swampert, pink, fairies, wings, glitter, satin, makeup, fashion, tight, trendy clothes, spa visits, looking fab, Salamence, Dragon, Water and Fire-type Pokémon, dragons, fire, water, Victor, Latias, dance music, electronic music, flying, Para Para dancing, raves, sportsmanship.
 * Dislikes: Criminals, braggarts, being underrated, sloppiness, last year’s trends, closed-minded people.

Personality
Now, take a dictionary and look up the word "flamboyant": you should see Tucker's picture there. Narcissistic, extremely energetic, self- and fashion-conscious, talkative, moody, outgoing, and, more than everything, almost compulsively showy, Tucker constantly demands to be the center of attention. He tries his best not to sound arrogant, because he actually isn't, but he inevitably does at times. He is in fact full of himself, but tries to be nice and respectful of other people. After all, they could all become his fans, and he loves his fans!

Tucker just loves to hear the crowd cheer for him. He even remembers the faces of his most devoted fans, even if, at times, he doesn't even know their names! He has a love for crowds, crowded places and group dances: he loves it when everything is moving smoothly in harmony, when several different individuals seem to become one single entity. This is why Tucker is firmly against war and violence. He gets indignated at them (in spite of this, he may still act bitchy if he's in the right mood for that).

Unbeknownst to most, he is a sensitive man of hopes, dreams and high ideals, and his claims of being an "artist" are anything but boasting. He indeed suffers from the stress and labor of the artist, always researching new means of expressing himself while entertaining his beloved audience. Because Tucker wants his Pokémon battles to be more like shows, a form of entertainment and not a display of brute force.

Disliking the formula of Pokémon Contests, since it would never grant him the spotlight, Tucker is proud and grateful of having the Battle Dome just to himself. This way, even if he loses, he knows he will still be in charge, and that audience who has come to see his defeat that one day will see it as an exception, and will keep coming back to witness many and many victories on Tucker's part and cheer just for him.

It is not money he is after, just fame and widespread approval from his audience. His Pokémon know this, and, having lived with him for years, are spurred by his same ambitions. Their showy appearance, which Tucker chose most of them for, really helps, and they work perfectly together as a team. This is why Tucker usually prefers to battle in double-battle style, so that his Pokémon can help each other on the battlefield. One may really say that Tucker's communion with his own Pokémon is utter and complete. This selfless cooperation among his Pokémon and between him and his Pokémon, joint with the fact that he is always researching new battling styles, makes Tucker a brilliant tactician.

His sexual identity is somewhat of a problem for him, though he does his best to hide it. He finds himself liking both sexes as well as pink, glitter, satin, make up, fairies, jewels, and trendy, tight, and/or revealing clothing. However he doesn't think of himself as effeminate, while others may hold that opinion of him. He doesn't really mind, given that the majority of his fans don't. He seems to attract both sexes, which makes him content with himself.

Tucker is all about sportsmanship: when he loses a battle, he never gets angry at his opponent, although he does get furious when the challenger obliterates him heartlessly, without showing enthusiasm or putting on a poor show. Another thing that drives him mad: braggarts; if the spotlight is to be stolen from him, he wants this to be justified, hence why he is always very annoyed at people who are just all talk.

History
Born in Fallarbor Town, the son of the manager of a small theatrical agency and one of his most renowned stars, Tucker started out as a smart, charming little kid who was deeply interested in his parents' job. Since the beginning of his life, he was excited about having to carry on the family tradition of working in the show business. He was also extremely energetic and fond of nature and Pokémon, and he would constantly beg his parents to take him on a trek on the nearby mountains. One time, when he was 9, he wanted to go hiking really bad, and his parents were too busy to even listen to him. So he quietly left the house and went hiking all alone. It was then that he came across a small, badly injured Bagon. Yet, the Pokémon kept walking up a nearby cliff and let himself fall down, then get back up and jump back down... He was scarred, scratched and bruised all over, and, as Tucker watched it, he felt sympathy for him and almost started to cry. He knew how important the dream of flying was for all Bagon, but this particular one looked ready to even kill himself for the sake of it! But the Bagon didn't want Tucker's help at all, and tried to scare him away, despite the fact that he was in so miserable a state. From the bottom of the cliff, Tucker observed the Bagon climb up once again, watching it stumble and shake at every step. He could feel that if this time Bagon had fallen on his head... This time, just before the Bagon could smash headfirst on the rocky ground of the mountain, Tucker caught him in his arms, heedless of the fact that the small, but strong Pokémon could attack him. As soon as the Bagon realized what had just happened to him, he smiled to Tucker, and went limp in his arms, unconscious from all the harm he had done to himself. Then, Tucker ran back to the town, to the Pokémon Center, the heavy and injured Bagon in his arms.

It was the beginning of a great friendship. Tucker's parents were a bit reluctant at first, but, after he had been healed, Bagon became little Tucker's pet. They would even sleep together. The Adamant Bagon's dream of soaring through the skies rubbed off on Tucker and soon became his own.

A few months after, Tucker,now 10, made his debut as a Pokémon trainer. His parents drove him and Bagon to Littleroot Town, and, charmed by its cuteness, Tucker got a male Mudkip as his starting Pokémon. Tucker soon discovered the joys of Pokémon battling. He and his Pokémon made a wonderful trio, and Tucker would always spend more time training with his Pokémon rather than hanging with his human friends.

He soon lost all contact with the latter, since Tucker and his family moved to Celadon City, Kanto when he was 11. By going to live in a big city, Tucker's family hoped that their business would grow. They also started making plans concerning their own son, and enrolled him in a school of gymnastics, fostering Tucker's dream of becoming an acrobat.

One day, wishing to dedicate some time to him, his parents drove Tucker to Pallet Town. Tucker was so sweet and adorable a child that he managed to get Prof. Oak to give him a Charmander even though he already had Pokémon. The Charmander's Quiet personality didn't quite match Tucker's, but the boy grew to like him a lot because Bagon did.

After some time, as Tucker was training his Pokémon just outside Celadon City, he caught a Growlithe. In the meantime, Tucker excelled both at school and at gymnastics, and the theatrical agency was slowly going down the path of bankruptcy. Tucker's family was now planning on having their clearly multi-talented son become their main attraction. When Tucker reached the age of 16, he realized that all Pokémon training, gymnastics, school and training for shows could not fit on his schedule. Not without an unbearable amount of stress and effort on his part, anyway. This is why he decided to quit school, in spite of his high grades.

During the following period, Tucker's narcissistic self began kicking in. He was already extremely self-confident, but his self-conceit was now spurred by the fact that his parents' lives would solely depend on his success as an entertainer. Until the age of 20, he almost exclusively devoted himself to performances and Pokémon battles. Naturally, the key of his success was going to be versatility. Among other things, he was an acrobat, a dancer, a trapezist and a fire eater. He often performed with his Pokémon, especially after his Marshtomp evolved into Swampert.

One day, as Tucker was battling a local trainer, a business man and talent scout named Scott wandered by... He complimented Tucker on his wonderful battle style, and later showed up at several of Tucker's shows, always expressing his appreciation through letters and gifts. Tucker found himself flattered by the attention he was receiving from Scott, and always kept in touch with him, each time discovering that his fondness for Scott was not simply due to economical interest.

Tucker soon turned the family business around, becoming a real superstar. His performances were now requested everywhere in Japan.

Now at the top of popularity, Tucker started touring Hoenn, alternating performances in almost every city and Pokémon training and battling. Between one show and another, he caught a Beldum and obtained a female Marshtomp. He incidentally and fleetingly spotted a Latias and, fascinated by her, he decided to test himself by trying to earn her trust. So he started chasing after her on Salamence, eventually losing sight of her. His chase had brought him to Pacifidlog Town, where his next show was planned. Tucker ended up liking the place and its audience so much that he decided to remain there for a while. There he met Victor, an attractive Pokémon referee in search of a permanent job. Forgetting about his mixed feelings for Scott, Tucker started his very first stable love relationship with the young man. Well, more or less stable, anyway.

With the help of Victor, who knew Hoenn much better than him, Tucker eventually managed to approach Latias and earn her trust. She was still hesitant during their first encounters, but understood Tucker's good intentions towards her and slowly grew more confident, eventually trying to meet him every day.

So, when Tucker eventually went back to Kanto, he brought two new friends with him: Victor and a mysterious platinum blonde woman who was unable to talk. It was then that Scott met Tucker once again and offered him a contract as one of the Frontier Brains. As soon as Tucker understood what that entailed, he immediately signed it. Shortly afterwards, the Battle Dome was built in Celadon City. It really was everything Tucker could ever want: a huge stadium, capable of hosting an enormous crowd, just for him and his Pokémon to perform in and battle at the very same time!

Now an established master trainer and multi-talented superstar, Tucker resumed his studies, attending a private school to make up for his lost years of high school. The smartest in his class, he graduated very soon.

Lately, Tucker discovered that it was very easy to find out the truth about "Lara". The Latias and him agreed that the best thing to do was for the Latias to stay in a Poké Ball that Tucker would lock up in a very secure safe for a while.

Pokémon

 * Standard Team
 * Salamence (Male)
 * Swampert (Male)
 * Swampert (Female)
 * Charizard (Male)
 * Arcanine (Female)
 * Metagross


 * Other Pokémon
 * Twelve Beldum eggs
 * Latias