The Strange Trainer is a former World Pokemon Champion only beaten by Ash Ketchum. He is the inventor of team shadow rocket and his real name leaves a mystery. His family disappeared minutes after he was born, he lived alone for all his life with his Treeko, training him to become mighty. He battled the Kanto Elite Four and became the Kanto Champion until he was defeated by Blue. He later re battled Lance to become the Johto Champion for most of his life. He eventually became the World Champion but left his life unseen only to be seen after a year by Ash Ketchum who defeated him and left him on the ground weak, until he worked with Giovanni and a lot of evil Organisations to create team Shadow Rocket where he became boss of most of world's evil under Giovanni.