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Elite 4 in the anime

Garbo

Well-Known Member
So, of the 5 "elite 4" members that have been introduced so far in the anime (for me anyway, I'm up to ep 382), Steven hasn't been officially labelled as a member of the "Elite 4".

So, they're called the Elite 4 because there are supposed to be 4 members, right? Prima, Bruno, Lance, and Drake have been labelled Elite 4 members in the anime, but not Steven.

I know Agatha appears later in the anime, so, do they actually mention her as being a member of the Elite 4? Because it's weird that they have more than 4 members in the Elite 4.
 
It should be called Elite7 because in the G/S/C we have Will, Karen and Koga as E4 members :p

Anyway, we have two EliteFours. One is from Kanto (Lance, Prima, Agatha and Bruno) and second is from Hoeen (Drake, Steven).
 

Garbo

Well-Known Member
Huh? There's no distinction between those 2 made in the series at all, all we know is that (at least where I'm up to), it's been mentioned that Lance, Prima, Bruno, and Drake were elite 4 members. Steven wasn't mentioned as one of them.

This is really weak, that they just call them the Elite 4, without distinguishing one from the other.
 

Silent Conversation

Chart obsessed wanker
In the anime, the reason there' more than 4 Elite4 members is because there are two different Elite4's Ash sees. In the game, well that's sort of obvious. They don't count the champion in the "4". He or she is the extra.
 

Jorah

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I know Agatha appears later in the anime, so, do they actually mention her as being a member of the Elite 4? Because it's weird that they have more than 4 members in the Elite 4.

Agatha was mentioned as one of the Elite 4, Ash battled her and then she told him.
 

CyberCubed

Yeah, ok!
Lorelei, Bruno, Agatha, Lance, and Drake were all mentioned to be Elite 4 members in the anime.

The logical way to look at this is there's a different Elite 4 for Kanto and Hoenn, or something or other. The writers never really explained it so we don't really know.
 

Dark Star

Mysterious Trainer
EDIT: Sorry, double posted it. So, I will just add something else. With the addition of the Sinnoh Elite Four, they may actually classify them from their regions.
 
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Satoshi

リーリエの為に戦ってるトレーナー
I thought that they referred to Lance as being part of the "G-Men."
Wataru was referred as being part of the Pokemon G-Men and the Elite Four.
 

Pacman

Well-Known Member
The Elite 4 are the 4 best trainers in the region, along with the champ of the region. Kanto, Hoenn, and Shinou all have different Elite 4 members and Champs.
 
The anime better show Ooba. He is so badass. He needs an appearence.
 
I thought in the anime, the E4 were just people who've won the Kanto/Hoenn League over and over again. Also, shouldn't they plan the games to go with the anime?
 
I think the Elite 4 in the anime is just the Elite 4 and they are superior to all the trainers in existance. They include Lance, Bruno, Agatha, Drake and, Prima. There are five people because they probably switch one person every year but that person comes back the next.
 

Pacman

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I hope they show the rest of the Elite 4. Like the new ones form Johto, the rest of the Hoenn ones, and the Shinou ones. But, I doubt it.
 
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