Clavell

Clavell
クラベル Clavel
Violet Clavell.png
Artwork from Violet
Age Unknown
Gender Male
Eye color Gray
Hair color White
Hometown Unknown
Region Paldea
Trainer class Director
Generation IX
Counterpart(s) Clavell (Masters)
Games Scarlet and Violet, Masters EX
English voice actor Unknown (Masters EX)
Japanese voice actor Tadashi Wakabayashi (Masters EX)
Animated series Pokémon Horizons: The Series
Pokémon: Paldean Winds
Debut HZ046 (Horizons)
Breathe Out (PW)
English voice actor Pete Zarustica (PW)
Japanese voice actor Mahito Ohba (Horizons)
Tadashi Wakabayashi (PW)

Clavell (Japanese: クラベル Clavel) is a character in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. He serves as the director of Naranja AcademyS/Uva AcademyV. He is the only character in the games to have the Trainer class Director (Japanese: 校長 Principal).

In the core series games

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Clavell first appears as the host of the introductory video at the start of the game, welcoming the player to the academy as well as the Paldea region as a whole. On the player's first day as a student, he arrives at their house in Cabo Poco to give them their first partner Pokémon. Clavell leads the player to the house of Nemona, a Champion-ranked Trainer and fellow student, where Clavell asks the player to select a Pokémon. Nemona then decides to take one of the Pokémon herself to start anew, and Clavell takes the last of the first partner Pokémon remaining. After the player and Nemona battle, Clavell remains at Nemona's home in Cabo Poco until the two arrive at the academy.

Pre-game

In his youth, Clavell studied at the same university as Cyrano, who later founded Blueberry Academy in Unova. Later on, Clavell worked primarily as a Pokémon researcher and was part of the research team of Professor SadaS/Professor TuroV, investigating Area Zero. Jacq, the current biology teacher of the academy, worked alongside Clavell as his subordinate and is frequently at the receiving end of Clavell's criticizing. A year and a half before the events of the game, Clavell was named the director of the academy by Geeta.

★ Starfall Street ★

During the ★ Starfall Street ★ storyline, he disguises himself as a student named Clive (Japanese: ネルケ Nelke) to support the player and learn the truth behind Team Star's reputation and actions.

Victory Road

Clavell appears as part of Iono's Gym Test, where he hides somewhere in three locations, the first location being the street connected to the Levincia Gym building, the second location being the street connected to the Levincia Pokémon Center, and the third location being the Levincia Gym's battle court. The player must use the street surveillance cameras to seek him. Iono refers to Clavell as Mister Walksabout (Japanese: ジェントルさん Jentoru-san) throughout the Gym Test. Clavell explains that he owes the Pokémon League "for many a past favor", which is why he agreed to help Iono with her Gym Test. For the first two locations, the player will always have to battle Iono's Gym Trainers, even if they found Clavell on their first try or not.

Post-game

After the player's adventure in Area Zero, Clavell thanks them, Nemona, Arven, and Penny for their efforts in stopping the professor's time machine, despite having had to go into the area without permission to do so. After giving the player a Master Ball, Clavell explains that while their deeds in Area Zero must be kept secret, the player's attaining of Champion rank deserves to be celebrated, and he and Nemona begin organizing a tournament to test the player's strength as a Champion. Known as the Academy Ace Tournament, Clavell gives the tournament's opening speech. After the player wins the competition, Clavell decides for more competitions to be held, and may appear as a final opponent in further tournaments.

Pokémon

Clavell's team will always contain the final evolutionary form of the first partner Pokémon with a type advantage to the player's chosen first partner Pokémon. This is likely the first partner Pokémon that remained with him after the player and Nemona chose their own first partner Pokémon at the beginning of the game. The remainder of his team will be based on his first partner Pokémon. Clavell also sends out a Pawmi during the game's opening cutscene.

Pokémon Scarlet and Violet

Clavell will Terastallize his first partner Pokémon at the first opportunity.

First battle

Sprigatito If the player chose Sprigatito:



Fuecoco If the player chose Fuecoco:



Quaxly If the player chose Quaxly:



Academy Ace Tournament

Sprigatito If the player chose Sprigatito:



Fuecoco If the player chose Fuecoco:



Quaxly If the player chose Quaxly:



League Club Room

Sprigatito If the player chose Sprigatito:



Fuecoco If the player chose Fuecoco:



Quaxly If the player chose Quaxly:



Gives to new Trainers

At the beginning of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, Clavell allows the player to pick one of these Pokémon as their first partner Pokémon.

906Sprigatito.png
Sprigatito/ Lv.5
Scratch
Normal Physical
Tail Whip
Normal Status
Leafage
Grass Physical
  --  
   
909Fuecoco.png
Fuecoco/ Lv.5
Tackle
Normal Physical
Leer
Normal Status
Ember
Fire Special
  --  
   
912Quaxly.png
Quaxly/ Lv.5
Pound
Normal Physical
Growl
Normal Status
Water Gun
Water Special
  --  
   
Traded to the player

Upon the third unique interaction with Clavell in the League Club Room, he will trade a Pawmo to the player in exchange for almost any Pokémon excluding Shiny, Legendary, or Mythical Pokémon.

#0922  Pawmo Male icon HOME.png  Paldea icon.png
Poké Ball HOME.png Level 24 0922Pawmo.png
Type:
ElectricIC SV.png FightingIC SV.png
Tera Type: FightingIC Tera.png
Ability: Volt Absorb
Held item: None
ID: 209896
OT: Clavell
Met: a Link Trade
Nature: Hasty
Ribbons
/ Marks:
Partner Ribbon Partner Ribbon
Nuzzle
Electric icon.pngElectric PhysicalIC SV.png
Dig
Ground icon.pngGround PhysicalIC SV.png
Bite
Dark icon.pngDark PhysicalIC SV.png
Spark
Electric icon.pngElectric PhysicalIC SV.png
Games Method Duration
SV In-game trade
This Pokémon has a fixed Scale value of 128.
This Pokémon may only be redeemed once per save file.
Date received is the date on the system when the gift is redeemed.
This Pokémon is set to the same language as the game that received it.

In the spin-off games

Pokémon Masters EX

Main article: Clavell (Masters)

Clavell, in his Scarlet design, forms a sync pair with Quaquaval in Pokémon Masters EX. Clavell became a playable sync pair on October 2, 2024.

Dex Trainer NDex Pokémon Type Weakness Role EX role Base potential Availability
#216 VSClavell Masters.png Clavell #0914 MastersIcon0914.png Quaquaval Buddy Move Icon Masters.png
Water
WaterIC Masters.png
Flying
FlyingIC Masters.png
Masters Sprint.png Masters Field.png ★★★★★☆EX Poké Fair Sync Pair Scout

Gallery

Artwork

Scarlet Clavell.png Clavell concept art.jpg Scarlet Violet Key Visual.png
Artwork of Clavell from Scarlet Concept art from Scarlet and Violet Clavell in the Scarlet and Violet key visual
Paldean Winds Clavell.jpg LCR Clavell icon S.png LCR Clavell icon V.png
Concept art from Pokémon: Paldean Winds Special Coach profile image from
Scarlet
Special Coach profile image from
Violet

Models

VSClavell S.png VSClavell V.png
VS model from
Scarlet
VS model from
Violet

Quotes

Main article: Clavell/Quotes

In animation

Pokémon Horizons: The Series

Clavell first appeared in HZ046. He was first seen with Geeta explaining the Terastal phenomenon and Naranja Academy's Terastal Training to Liko, Roy, and Dot. When Nemona joined them, Clavell asked her to show the new students around the academy. Later, when "Sandwich" and "Onigiri" arrived at the academy, Clavell noted they were not registered in the school's systems. He was then approached by "Agepan", who promised to resolve the issue for him.

In HZ050, Clavell found Sandwich and Onigiri spying on Liko's group in Levincia. Believing the duo were interested in the performance of their academy colleagues, Clavell offered to accompany them to the Levincia Gym, only to be left behind while he was distracted. Shortly afterward, Clavell traveled with Liko and Roy to watch Dot's Terastal battle against Iono. After the battle, Clavell instructed Liko, Roy, and Dot to return to the academy while also doing reports on any wild Pokémon they encounter on the way back.

In HZ055, Clavell met the students taking on the Terastal Training course as they returned to the academy and announced the Elite Four Tag Battle, a friendly set of Tag Battles where students would get to team up with Gym Leaders against members of the Paldea Elite Four while waiting for their next assignment. He was later seen observing the battles alongside Geeta.

In HZ057, alongside Geeta, Clavell was introduced to Terapagos during a meeting with Friede, Liko, Roy, and Dot. After telling them what they knew about the Pokémon, Geeta talked about Area Zero, and together with Clavell recommended that the group seek help from Raifort to find out more about Terapagos and Laqua.

In HZ066, Clavell initiated the Course Students Battle Tournament. Following Liko and her friends defending the academy from the Explorers, Clavell invited Liko to his office, where Grusha, having witnessed Liko's victory over Sidian, allowed her to pass her second Terastal Training test. In the next episode, Clavell watched the tournament battle between Liko and Roy, after which he formally concluded the tournament.

Character

According to Clavell, he has the habit of personally monitoring his students' performance, and seeing how well they do. He is also kind and encouraging towards students, such as when he encouraged Liko on her progress as a trainer, even showing appreciation for her heroic actions that protected the school.

Clavell also has a habit of dwelling on random topics at important moments. He also tends to get into lengthy conversations without realizing it.

Pokémon

Traveling with
Clavell Rotom Phone.png
Rotom Phone

Voice actors

Language Voice actor
Japanese 大場 真人 Mahito Ohba


Artwork

Clavell HZ.png Clavell Anime Expression Sheet.png
Official artwork from
Pokémon Horizons: The Series
Concept art from
Pokémon Horizons: The Series
Horizons Clavell Geeta Concept Art.png
Pokémon Horizons: The Series
concept art

Pokémon: Paldean Winds

Clavell debuted in Breathe Out, talking to Ohara over the phone.

Clavell reappeared in Breathe Together, along with the rest of the Naranja Academy staff.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor
Japanese 若林正 Tadashi Wakabayashi
English Pete Zarustica
Italian Daniele Valenti
Brazilian Portuguese Armando Tiraboschi
Spanish Latin America Santos Alberto
Spain Héctor Garay



Biri-Biri

Clavell in Biri-Biri

Clavell briefly appeared as a silhouette in the music video for Biri-Biri.

In the manga

Clavell in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Scarlet & Violet arc

Clavell debuted in PASV01. He was first seen at Uva Academy's courtyard, hosting the opening ceremony for the Treasure Hunt. The presentation was interrupted by a student named Violet, who agreed to accept punishment if he was defeated in a race. Dendra accepted the challenge and competed against Violet alongside two other teachers. Although Dendra emerged the victor, Violet ended up running off with Arven to search for the Herba Mystica. Later, Clavell called the teaching staff in order to inform them of Violet's backstory and explain his behavior.

Clive in Pokémon Adventures

In PASV03, in order to deal with Team Star, Clavell and two teachers traveled to West Province (Area One). They witnessed Violet driving off a pair of Team Star Grunts trying to forcibly recruit a girl named Penny. Shortly after Violet and Penny went their separate ways, the former received a call from someone going by the name "Cassiopeia". The mysterious caller recruited Violet and Arven as members of Operation Starfall, a plan to defeat Team Star's five squad bosses and force the group to disband. When Violet and Arven arrived at the Segin Squad's Base, they were approached by Clavell. Disguised as a student named Clive, Clavell requested to be included in Operation Starfall, which Cassiopeia accepted. Violet was unable to see through his disguise, much to Arven's bafflement, but Clavell quietly told Arven to play along.

In PASV05, Violet and Arven battled through waves of Grunts while Clavell played support by healing their injured Pokémon. Once the Grunts were defeated, their boss Giacomo stepped out. Using the Tera Orb Clavell gave him, Violet defeated Giacomo, Accepting his defeat, Giacomo stepped down as a boss before revealing that Team Star's prolonged truancy was because they were waiting for their true leader, the "big boss", to return to them.

In PASV07, Clavell returned to the academy to research more about Team Star and their leader. His attempts ended in failure, as any information from before he was hired as Director had been wiped from the academy's database. Speculating that this may have been a cover-up, Clavell decoded the best option to learn about Team Star was to ask a student who was enrolled back when the team was still active.

Pokémon

On hand
Cyclizar
Clavell's Cyclizar
Debut PASV05

Cyclizar is Clavell's only known Pokémon. While disguised as Clive, he uses it to travel around Paldea.

None of Cyclizar's moves are known.

Given away
Violet Fuecoco.png
Violet's Fuecoco

In the TCG

Clavell

Main article: Clavell (Paldea Evolved 177)

Clavell was introduced as a Supporter card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Scarlet & Violet Series (the Japanese Scarlet & Violet Era). It was first released in the Japanese Triplet Beat subset and the English Paldea Evolved expansion, with artwork by Hitoshi Ariga. An ultra rare version of the card with artwork by Sanosuke Sakuma was released in the same sets. It lets players search their deck for up to three Basic Pokémon with 120 HP or less, reveal them, and put them in their hand. Afterwards, the player shuffles their deck.

ClavellPaldeaEvolved177.jpg
Clavell
Regular print
Illus. Hitoshi Ariga

Clive

Main article: Clive (Paldean Fates 78)

Clavell's alter ego Clive was introduced as a Supporter card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Scarlet & Violet Series (the Japanese Scarlet & Violet Era) as well. It was first released in the Japanese Shiny Treasure ex subset, with artwork by GOSSAN. It allows players to draw two cards for each Supporter card in their opponent's hand.

ClivePaldeanFates78.jpg
Clive
Regular print
Illus. GOSSAN
ClivePaldeanFates227.jpg
Clive
Ultra rare print
Illus. GOSSAN


Trivia

  • In the League Club Room, Clavell reveals he wears Premier Balls on his person simply because Cyrano said he should do so.
  • Clavell's Trainer ID is 209896. He has the same ID as Grusha.
  • Clavell and Nemona are the only character in the League Club Room that don't trade to the player a Pokémon or a pre-evolution of a Pokemon that they are seen using in battle, that being Pawmo and Paldean Tauros.
    • However, in the first cutscene of the game, they're seen using Pawmo's pre-evolution, Pawmi, and Tauros.
  • Clavell's Rotom Phone uses a White Case.

Names

Language Name Origin
Japanese クラベル Clavel From clavel (Spanish for carnation, the national flower of Spain)
English, Brazilian
Portuguese
Clavell From clavell (Catalan for carnation and clove)
German, Spanish,
French, Italian
Clavel From his Japanese name
Korean 클라벨 Clavel Transcription of his Japanese name
Chinese (Mandarin) 克拉韋爾 / 克拉韦尔 Kèlāwéi'ěr Transcription of his Japanese name
Chinese (Cantonese) 克拉韋爾 Hāaklāaiwàihyíh Mandarin-based transcription of his Japanese name
Indonesian Dion From Dianthus (genus of plants which includes the carnation) and carnation
Thai กลาเบล Klaben Transcription of his Japanese name


Clive
Language Name Origin
Japanese ネルケ Nelke From Nelke (German for clove and carnation)
English,
Brazilian Portuguese
Clive From clove and a corruption of Clavell
German Leval Corruption of Clavel
Spanish Cael Corruption of Clavel
French Clove From clove
Italian Garoff From chiodo di garofano (clove)
Korean 네르케 Nelke Transcription of his Japanese name
Chinese (Mandarin) 聶凱 / 聂凯 Nièkǎi Transcription of his Japanese name
Chinese (Cantonese) 聶凱 Nihphói Mandarin-based transcription of his Japanese name
Indonesian Don Corruption of Dion
Thai เน็ลเคอ Nelkhoe Transcription of his Japanese name


Director
Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 校長 Haauhjéung
Mandarin 校長 / 校长 Xiàozhǎng
France Flag.png French Proviseur
Germany Flag.png German Direktor
Italy Flag.png Italian Preside
South Korea Flag.png Korean 교장 Gyojang
Spain Flag.png Spanish Director Escolar

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