May is the female protagonist of the games, Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, Pokémon Emerald Version, Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire. If she is not selected as the player, she is the player's rival as May Birch^{[Notes 1]}.

The Generation III games deviated from the tradition of naming characters as their respective games, such as Red from Generation I and Generation II games. As such, May's counterparts includes May from the anime, May from Pokémon Masters and Sapphire from the Adventures manga.

Appearance[]

May is a slender young girl with fair skin and long, thick mousy brown hair with thick side tails, and with a side fringe falling across her forehead. Her eyes are blue (Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald) or gray-blue (Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire) depending on the games she appears in. Her outfit is the same way, as it also varies from game to game.

Ruby and Sapphire[]

May wears a red shirt with a blue semi-circle on it, black lycra shorts with a white mini-skirt over them, black ankle socks, red and yellow sneakers, black and white gloves, and a red bandanna with a white logo. She also wears a yellow fanny pack for storage.

Emerald[]

May wears a variation of her Ruby and Sapphire outfit. Her outfit consists of a sleeveless orange tunic with a white stripe (along with two white pockets and a black collar), black lycra shorts, black ankle socks, white, black, and orange slip-on shoes, black and white gloves with green and black wristbands, and a green bandanna with a white logo. She also has her fanny pack from Ruby and Sapphire, although it is now green.

Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire[]

May wears a red and white headband with a bow that resembles rabbit ears, a scarlet tank top with a black undershirt, white short shorts with black lycra mini-leggings underneath, yellow and black sneakers with orange soles, and ankle-length red and white socks (although they are usually hidden and no official art shows them, May's socks can be seen when she removes her sneakers in traditional Japanese buildings in Hoenn, including Norman's Gym). She also wears a yellow and green fanny pack and keeps a Mega Bracelet on her left wrist. Her hair is also slightly longer and has a short ponytail in the bottom back, in addition to being almost golden-brown instead of light brown.

When she partakes in Contests, May wears a unique outfit that exudes femininity and cuteness (in fact, her outfit is almost the exact same as the "cute" variant of Cosplay Pikachu). Her outfit consists of a white button-up halter neck top with frilly-ended white elbow length sleeves and a pink bow on the front, a pink, purple, and sparkly white ballerina-style tutu, pink and cream frilly shorts, a yellow wrist bracelet with a heart-shaped charm on it that holds her Key Stone, and a small pink hair bow with a shiny pink gemstone. On her feet, she wears cerise pink kitten heels with pink ribbons winding up her legs to her knees.

Personality[]

As a rival, May is a sweet, cheerful, kind-hearted, friendly, and humble person. She is kind and respectful to the player, and is more passive than most rivals. She is a good trainer to her Pokémon.

As the player character, like any player character, May is filled in with the personality and characteristics of the player playing as her, down to having the same name and favorite activities.

Biography[]

Games[]

Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald[]

May was born in Johto. She moved to Littleroot Town in the region of Hoenn. Her father is Norman, The Petalburg Gym Leader. May's mom's name is unknown but she is just called Mom in the games. May's rival and friend, Brendan, is the son of Professor Birch. Although if you are a boy and choose Brendan as your character all the above information will apply to Brendan, and his rival will be May.

Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire[]

In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire, May returns as the female protagonist.

Other appearances[]

Sprites[]

Pokémon[]

Ruby and Sapphire[]

First Battle[]

If the player chose:

Second Battle[]

If the player chose:

Third Battle[]

If the player chose:

Fourth Battle[]

If the player chose:

Emerald[]

First Battle[]

If the player chose:

Second Battle (optional)[]

If the player chose:

Third Battle[]

If the player chose:

Fourth Battle[]

If the player chose:

Fifth Battle[]

If the player chose:

Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire[]

First Battle (Route 103)[]

If the player chose:

Second Battle (Route 110)[]

If the player chose:

Third Battle (Route 119)[]

If the player chose:

Fourth Battle (Lilycove City)[]

If the player chose:

Fifth Battle (after Pokémon League)[]

If the player chose:

Multi Battle Tag Partner[]

Claydol		Exploud
Lv. 50	?	Lv. 50	♀
Ability: Levitate		Ability: Soundproof
Item: Light Clay		Item: Assault Vest
Light Screen		Hyper Voice		-	-	-	-
Reflect		Fire Blast		-	-	-	-
Earth Power		Blizzard		-	-	-	-
Psychic		Shadow Ball		-	-	-	-

Trivia[]

• Screenshots of Emerald on the Japanese Nintendo website refer to May as Emy (Japanese: エミィ, Hepburn: Emyi)
  • In the demo of Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire and in screenshots of Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire in the guidebook, they refer to May as Anna (Japanese: アルファ, Hepburn: Arufa, trans. Alpha)
• May's anime counterpart, May, wore May's Emerald outfit when she visited Sinnoh.
• May is the first female game rival in the series.
• In the game, May's younger brother is unnamed, but in the anime, her brother's name is Max.
• If selected as the player, May's previous hometown was Olivine City.
• May is the first female protagonist who can appear as an NPC.
  • May is also the first female protagonist to be playable in all three core games of her generation, those being Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald.
• May and Brendan are the only protagonists in the Pokemon games to know Braille, as it can be seen when doing the Regi quest.
• May's somewhat basic design and washed-out hair and eye colors in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire implies that character customization may have been planned for the game at some point but was scrapped later in development.

Gallery[]

Notes[]

v · d · e Johto characters
Locations · Pokédex
Archer Adventures Carl Ariana Adventures Sham Bill Adventures anime Brendan Ruby (Adventures) anime Carrie Professor Elm Adventures anime Ethan Gold (Adventures) Ethan (anime)/Jimmy Eusine Adventures anime Guide Gent Kris Crystal (Adventures) Marina (anime) Kurt Adventures anime Lyra anime Maizie Adventures anime DJ Mary Adventures anime May Sapphire (Adventures) anime Mom Petrel Adventures Mr. Pokémon Proton Adventures Silver Adventures anime
Gym Leaders	Falkner Adventures anime Bugsy Adventures anime Whitney Adventures anime Morty Adventures anime Jasmine Adventures anime Chuck Adventures anime Pryce Adventures anime Clair Adventures anime
Elite Four and Pokémon Champion	Will Adventures Koga Adventures anime Bruno Adventures anime Karen Adventures Lance Adventures anime
Frontier BrainsHGSS	Tower Tycoon Palmer Adventures anime Arcade Star Dahlia Adventures Factory Head Thorton Adventures Hall Matron Argenta Adventures Castle Valet Darach and Lady Caitlin Adventures (Darach)/Adventures (Caitlin) anime (Caitlin)
Others	Red Adventures Ash Ketchum (anime)
See also	Kanto Hoenn Sinnoh Hisui Unova Kalos Alola Galar Paldea
Characters

v · d · e Hoenn characters
Locations · Pokédex
AaruneORAS Adventures Archie Adventures anime Professor Birch Adventures anime Brendan Ruby (Adventures) anime Brigette Adventures Mr. Briney Adventures anime ChazORAS Adventures CourtneyRORAS Adventures Gabby and Ty Adventures Nurse Joy Lanette Adventures LisiaORAS Adventures anime LookerORAS Adventures anime MattSORAS Adventures May Sapphire (Adventures) anime Maxie Adventures anime Rydel Scott Adventures anime ShellySORAS Adventures anime Captain Stern Adventures anime Mr. Stone Adventures anime TabithaRORAS Adventures anime Wally Adventures ZinniaORAS Adventures
Gym Leaders	Roxanne Adventures anime Brawly Adventures anime Wattson Adventures anime Flannery Adventures anime Norman Adventures anime Winona Adventures anime Tate and Liza Adventures anime Wallace Adventures anime/Juan Adventures animeE
Elite Four and Pokémon Champion	Sidney Adventures Phoebe Adventures Glacia Adventures Drake Adventures anime Steven Stone Adventures anime/WallaceE
Frontier BrainsE	Factory Head Noland Adventures anime Arena Tycoon Greta Adventures anime Dome Ace Tucker Adventures anime Pike Queen Lucy Adventures anime Palace Maven Spenser Adventures anime Salon Maiden Anabel Adventures anime Pyramid King Brandon Adventures anime
Battle ChatelainesORAS	Nita Adventures Evelyn Adventures Dana Adventures Morgan Adventures
Others	Kabu Adventures anime Sawyer
See also	Kanto Johto Sinnoh Hisui Unova Kalos Alola Galar Paldea
Characters

v · d · e Playable characters
Kanto	RedRG/B/RB/Y/FRLG LeafFRLG ChasePE ElainePE
Johto	EthanGS/C/HGSS LyraHGSS KrisC
Hoenn	BrendanRS/E/ORAS MayRSEORAS
Sinnoh	LucasDP/Pt/BDSP DawnDP/Pt/BDSP
Unova	HilbertBW HildaBW NateB2W2 RosaB2W2
Kalos	CalemXY SerenaXY
Alola	ElioSM/USUM SeleneSM/USUM
Galar	VictorSwSh GloriaSwSh
Hisui	ReiLA AkariLA
Paldea	FlorianSV JulianaSV

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