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Lt. Surge
| Character | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Japanese: マチス (Matisse) English, Italian, Dutch: Lt. Surge German, French: Major Bob Spanish: Teniente Surge Korean: 마티스 (Matisse) (more on Bulbapedia) |
| Occupation: | Pokémon Gym Leader |
| Relationships: | n/a |
| Fandom: | Pokémon |
| Other: | n/a |
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Lt. Surge is a Pokémon Gym Leader from Pokémon Red and Blue. He is well-liked with fans, though not too many fanworks exist which primarily focus on him. He also makes appearances in Pokémon Gold and Silver, Pokémon Masters, PokéAni and Pokéspe.
The Pokémon Lt. Surge is most associated with are Raichu and Electrode. In fanworks which focus on him, he is often just called Surge. This is very rare otherwise.
Canon Overview
[characterization, story role, further important appearances]
Relationships
- Lt. Surge is most commonly paired up with Koga, forming ToxicBoltShipping[1], which is Male/Male, aka yaoi. In Japanese, this is most often called マチキョウ (Machikyou), meaning Lt. Surge is the seme and Koga is the uke in the coupling.
Less Popular Relationships
- AdvancedTerawattShipping - Ash, Red, Lt. Surge & May
- AkiPokeShipping - Lt. Surge & Nurse Joy
- AmericanaShipping - Lt. Surge & Hilda
- AmpereShipping - Lt. Surge & Elesa
- AntagonistShipping - Lt. Surge & Sabrina
- ApolloAmazonianShipping - Lt. Surge & Serena (XY)
- ArmoryShipping - Lt. Surge & Wikstrom
- ArmyDreamShipping - Lt. Surge & Fennel
- ArmyMovieShipping - Luke & Lt. Surge
...And these are just the A's! More can be found on Neverending Romance, a community-created relationship name list.
Popular Tropes & Fanon
Subjects of Fannish Interest & Meta
Lt. Surge, the Unovan Gym Leader?
When Unova was first introduced as a Pokémon region for Generation V in 2010, fans were quick to headcanon that Surge was from Unova. He canonically hails from "America," which is an archaism from when Pokémon regions directly corresponded with real-world locations, (dropped in Generation II.) This is fanon, however, and regions such as Orre, (directly based off of Phoenix, Arizona while Unova was based off of New York City,) mean that Unova isn't the only option for headcanoning the region he was born in. When he is from Unova, he may be from Nimbasa City, since that city also has an Electric-type specialist gym leader, Elesa.
Example/Notable Fanac
| Examples Wanted: Editors are encouraged to add more examples or a wider variety of examples. |
Fan Communities/Fan Events
- Surge-Fans, Archived version, a club on Deviantart
Fan Art
- マチス&ビリリダマ by スピーディー, Archived version (2020), Lt. Surge with his Voltorb.