Smeargasbeard

"'...Silly peasant...Do you wish to know me? If so, try to dig up the information. You should've been executed a long time ago, like a good, dead weasel...'""-Smeargasbeard"Smeargasbeard is a character that appeared in Pokemon: Unlimited in Chapter 10 of the series. He was a rich tycoon, Pokemon Superlative of the Normal type and an ex-Military official that committed atrocious crimes during his service such as sending innocent Pokemon on death row and covering up the military's involvement in it. He resided in Jolly City to retire and live among his wealth in peace, burying the past with him. He also was Stan's master, usually paying him for his job as a butler.

Despite his past crimes, he ate a Beast Berry that allows him to paint things with elements added for an effect based on the color.

Physical Appearance
Smeargasbeard appears as a brown old Smeargle with small, beady black eyes, head & neck wear, black rings on his arms and legs, and a gray goatee. The color on the tip of his tail varies, like other Smeargle.

In his "corrupted" form, he appeared as a large, deformed demonic creature that sits ontop of a ball with tentacles. The ball itself oozes blood and poison, and sprouts eyes all over.

Personality
Smeargasbeard's behavior was shown to be everything that one would call "super privileged" for a rich-classed individual. As a tycoon, he is very bigoted and narrow minded, never listening to the opinions of others unless they were on the same page as he was. He dislikes the poor (emphasis on "dislikes"), viewing them as "trash", and somewhat of a "typist", a term referring to discrimination towards a Pokemon's type. When Rippler and him were looking eye to eye, he would talk down to him, viewing him as lesser than dirt due to his Dark typing. He is very prone to blackmailing, as he tried to keep Arthur Boldenine from leaking evidence of his past to the public by threatening to kill him.

Despite being a part of the force during his time, he views the Police as "lapdogs" to do his bidding on arresting Pokemon that he dislikes. However, he hates "mutts" turning against him, which is ironic considering that he, too is a dog-like Pokemon. An example of this was when one of Hellvil's pack members bit him on the neck. Anything that he touches that he deems "poor" or "filthy" will send him into an ugly rage, exposing his true thoughts about the world.

Some have pointed him out as a "coward", never to face his problems head on by himself. An example was when he first fought against Happy. Instead of going toe to toe with him, he called the Military beforehand to capture him and his friends. He even evades their pursuit whilst getting others to do his dirty work, which is one of his strong suits, but his bitterness and obsession with the wealthy class being "superior" and "dominant" is his major downfall.

Regular
Like a Smeargle, he is only capable of learning the move Sketch, but despite this, he was never shown to use it, rather using a move called "Extreme Speed", which he learned from Arthur Boldenine himself. He has also proven himself to be adapted to combat, as he went head to head with Happy.

Beast Berry
Having eaten the Paynte Berry, he can create paint-like attacks from his tail. Originally, this Beast Berry required eating certain berries for the effect, but was switched to another one. The colors of the Berry's powers depends on the effects.


 * Green - Summons green paint that creates vines.
 * Red - Not known or shown, but was considered to make one more vulnerable to attacks.
 * Orange - Sprays paint that contains lava
 * Yellow - Sprays paint that creates an electric field.
 * Blue - Sprays paint filled with a watery effect.
 * Sky Blue - Summons a sky blue paint with the power of wind that pushes foes away.
 * Brown - Creates rocky pillars
 * Purple - Summons paint that leaves a poisonous smell in the air.
 * Silver - Fires like a silver bullet
 * White - Creates a portal.
 * Black - Creates a black hole that leads to a void.

He could also use tri-colored attacks to combine their effects. However, there is a "corrupted" paint color that is pitch-black, which corrupted him in the process, turning him into a demon-like figure. It is unknown as to why the twisted effect happened, but it may have been that the Berry "corrupted" him in the process, turning him into a manifestation of his thoughts.

History
According to his older brother, it was said that when Smeargasbeard was a young Smeargle, he, his parents and older brother were captured and violently tortured by common poor Pokemon. The reason why was because of their wealth and status, as well as their ties to the Royal Regalia society, to which the poor viewed it as a sign of mockery, or "rubbing salt in their wounds". In truth, Smeargasbeard's father moved to a lowly neighborhood to blend in with the poor Pokemon and show his sons good ethics and values with anyone. Because of this torture and death of his parents, it warped Smeargasbeard's mind, viewing the poor as evil. However, his older brother didn't go the route he did.

When he got older, he enlisted in the Military, which brought good news to his brother, only to be sickened by it when he found out that he was using his title for committing murder as an executioner, sending many innocent Pokemon to their deaths over the years. At this time, he was said to have eaten the Paynte Berry. His last encounter with his brother was years later when he felt ashamed of his profession, to which Smeargsbeard viewed him as "trash just like them" for not appraising his actions and siding with the poor Pokemon. After his years of service, he retired from the Military and laid low by settling in Jolly City with his own riches and service butler named Stan, as well as joining with the Pokemon Superlatives to do "good" in the public eye. However, Arthur Boldeneye at the time dug further, realizing who he was. Smeargasbeard found out by his secret recording via Roto-Phone that he was going to expose him to the public, which forced him to blackmail Arthur.

After the blackmailing, he noticed that certain Pokemon of Jolly City also knew of him via his victims, which forced his hand even further and paid Arthur to arrest the Pokemon while keeping his actions quiet. Albeit, Progress's brother found out as well about the Police corruption, which caused Arthur to kill him in the process, due to him being Smeargasbeard's greatest target. Afterwards, he was not heard of again until he found out that Rippler was arrested.

Story
When Happy and friends set foot into Jolly City, Smeargasbeard hears of Rippler's arrest for disturbing the peace, which led him to make his presence at Jolly City's police district. As soon as he does, the jailed Pokemon made an uproar from his appearance, which made Rippler suspicious. After his confrontation with Rippler, he leaves without any introduction and calls the Military to prepare in case Rippler escaped. Once Happy and friends find out who he was from Officer Progress, they set out to bring him to light, but were stopped by his associates, including Progress's former chief Arthur Boldenine. As Happy confronts Smeargasbeard alone, he is tricked by his friends being in danger with the Military, leading to his escape.

Using the Military as a way to evade pursuit and keep Happy and friends at bay with a serious Captain Gravelrock in pursuit, he painted himself into an even deeper realm to wait out the conflict. Meanwhile, Progress and Hellvil's force were in search of both Happy's Group and Smeargasbeard, with Hellvil's force finding Smeargasbeard, but not before Rippler did. However, they get into a confrontation, with Happy and the others joining in after he severely wounds Rippler and Hellvil. Smeargasbeard easily overpowered everyone until he tried to make an escape, being stopped by the Police force before blowing them away with his Beast Berry power, with a determined Happy to follow through his paint-like exit.

He and Happy go head-to-head once again, using more of his mixture of colors from his Beast Berry, but an unaccounted error happens with his Beast Berry when the tip of his tail turns pitch-black, splitting both his body and soul into two things. His real essence was hidden within a giant paintball that hovered over the city, while his "body" was nothing more than a zombified corpse. The oncoming threat forced Officers Progress and Hellvil to evacuate the city, leaving it up to Happy and friends to stop it. However, their powers combined were not enough until they were being assisted by the citizens of Jolly City, managing to slow down its descending rate. Happy then sees something inside the paintball, which prompts him to go, with his wife going along.

As they enter inside the paintball, they are greeted by malicious thoughts and a manifestation of Smeargasbeard's mindset. At first it appears peaceful, but the entire surrounding turns into a surrealistic horror, with Smeargasbeard himself turning into a deformed, monstrous demonic abomination of himself for a final face-off against Happy and Polly under very dangerous conditions. As they managed to damage him, his voice was being projected outside of the paintball, giving the citizens an idea up of his true nature. As the paintball descends, the citizens received unexpected help from Gravelrock himself. Happy and Polly began receiving support from the citizens, which encouraged them to continue the difficult fight.

Once the severely weakened Happy and Polly damaged him to a certain point, he prepared a final attack on them, only he ran out of paint to do so, leaving him open for a final attack. While he was declaring "wealth supremacy", Happy and Polly combined their Hydro Pump together, which was enough to finish off Smeargasbeard for good, causing the giant paintball and his corpse to disappear, saving the city from destruction. After his death, Progress released his past crimes to the public, which was supposed to go worldwide but orders from the Pokemon World Government concerning his crimes were to be covered up and that the Military were to take the blame for it.

Trivia

 * Smeargasbeard and Mimi are the only two known characters throughout the series to undergo a monstrous transformation.
 * Smeargasbeard is also the only known Beast Berry user so far who is shown to be corrupted by his own Berry power, which led to his monstrous transformation.
 * Originally, Smeargasbeard was supposed to be defeated in the realm, but by the author's note, the character forced him to drag it out longer than intended.