Emmet: the Battle Subway's twin in white

You can never picture Emmet on his own. The younger of a pair of twins, he co-runs Nimbasa City's Battle Subway with Ingo, wears white where his brother wears black, and has made Double Battles his specialty. Behind the railway worker's smile hides an opponent who only shows up after dozens of wins in a row.

Contents

• The Battle Subway and Its Wall of Wins
• The Twin in White, a Double Battle Specialist
• Three Outfits and Four Partners in the Mobile Game
• The Ghost Train and the Sixty-Station Rally
• In the Manga, the Hothead Who Keeps Getting Hauled Back to the Cab
• A Card, a Southern Wind and a Borrowed Line
• Emmet at a Glance
• Frequently Asked Questions

The Battle Subway and Its Wall of Wins

Emmet shares the running of Nimbasa City's Battle Subway with his twin brother Ingo. The service is up and running from your very first visit to the city in Pokémon Black and White: only the Super trains stay locked until the post-game.

The two bosses don't show themselves to just any passenger. You first have to string together 20 wins on the same line to meet one of them, then 48 to see him again — at least three rounds of battles, then seven, in both Double and Multi. Emmet can then be battled on his own or teamed up with his brother.

In Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, the twins first wait in the city's station, Gear Station, where they size up Nate, then Rosa, before boarding. Unlocking them there takes a win alongside the protagonist you aren't playing as, and the Super trains also require the National Pokédex.

The Twin in White, a Double Battle Specialist

Two identical faces, two opposite uniforms. Emmet is the younger twin and dresses in white where his older brother dresses in black, with a smile that never leaves his face to answer the stern look across from him.

He's a railway man before he's an opponent. He loves his job as much as Pokémon battles, chats casually with Subway passengers and shows an enthusiasm nothing can dampen — the opposite of a solemn facility guardian.

His specialty is the Double Battle, and the mobile game credits him with a love of cataloging every possible Pokémon combination in that format. In both pairs of Unova games, the twins battle to the music reserved for the League Champion: the musical cue of an end-of-the-road opponent, given to a side facility.

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Three Outfits and Four Partners in the Mobile Game

Pokémon Masters EX added him on June 30, 2021. In his usual uniform, his default partner is Archeops, the Pokémon his profile lists as his favorite, and the game describes him as a man who loves seeing every imaginable pairing come together in Double Battles.

A second pairing can be earned in that same uniform: Gurdurr only joins him from friendship level 100 in the Trainer Lodge, a milestone you reach through persistence rather than in one go.

Two alternate looks round out the picture. His Special Costume casts him as the master of ceremonies at a party, riddles included, with Escavalier as his teammate; his Arc Suit sends him back into battle with Eelektross. He owes the first of those two Pokémon to a trade with his brother.

The Ghost Train and the Sixty-Station Rally

The anime enters the Nimbasa subway through a breakdown: someone has tampered with the switches, and the two bosses discover it in shock at the very end of an episode of the Black & White series. Their investigation, opened in the next episode, is cut short — all they glimpse are the faces of Jessie and James before a train that isn't part of the network vanishes into the dark. Shortly after, they run into Ash and his friends, and Cilan admires them from a railway-themed lounge.

When Team Rocket clears out the city's Pokémon Center and grounds the whole network by hacking into its computer system, the twins set up an ambush at junction D3 and guide the young Trainers from the control room, without ever managing to single out the ghost train on screens flooded with decoys. They then board a utility car, sent off at full speed by the current from Emmet's Eelektross, before his brother's Chandelure uses Psychic to drop the kids onto the enemy locomotive.

Later, a battle against one of the two bosses is the reward for a stamp rally covering the city's sixty stations, each stamp bearing a Pokémon's likeness. One push of a button is all it takes to turn a train into a battlefield, and the black-and-white duo wins the two-on-two, better coordinated than their young opponents; that evening, the two brothers walk Ash and his friends back to the subway entrance, with Ash's challenge against Elesa — which they had wished him luck with a few episodes earlier — now behind him.

In the Manga, the Hothead Who Keeps Getting Hauled Back to the Cab

The manga adaptation gives him a minor role, always paired with his older brother. It was the mayor of Nimbasa City who hired them both to oversee the Battle Subway, won over by their skill as Trainers. They're first glimpsed at Gear Station before they properly introduce themselves.

They let White board for the maiden run and track her performance against virtual opponents throughout the trip. Emmet is so eager to battle that he scares the passenger by ordering her to rack up twenty wins, and his brother has to haul him back to the cab several times.

At the Anville Town terminus, the roles are reversed: it's Emmet who referees the battle between his brother and White, which ends in a draw. The two bosses then drop Bianca off in Castelia City at their protégée's request, and put White back through training until the young talent agent can hold her own in battle.

A Card, a Southern Wind and a Borrowed Line

The Trading Card Game features him with his brother in the Team Up expansion of the Sun & Moon series, released in France on February 1, 2019. Their card lets you peek at the top of your deck, makes you discard your hand, then gives you back five cards taken from the top or the bottom of your deck: a two-way mechanic, just like the trains they run.

His French name, Chamsin, is that of a southern wind that blows over Egypt and the Middle East. In Japanese, he's called Kudari, literally "stepping off the train" — a platform announcement turned into a name, for a character who never really leaves his platform.

One last detail seals the pair. In the mobile game, Emmet traded his Shelmet for his brother's Karrablast, which explains the partners tied to their Special Costumes. And the line he delivers at the Battle Subway — he loves winning, it's what he likes best of all — is repeated word for word by Ingo in Pokémon Legends: Arceus, where Ingo appears without him.

Emmet at a Glance

Frequently Asked Questions

• How do you battle Emmet at the Battle Subway?
  You need to rack up 20 wins on the same line for him to appear, then 48 to meet him again, which means at least three, then seven rounds of battles, in both Double and Multi. You face him alone or teamed up with Ingo; the Super trains also require the National Pokédex.
• What's the difference between Emmet and Ingo?
  They're twins. Emmet is the younger one: he wears white, is always smiling and talks casually with passengers, while his older brother wears black. In Pokémon Black 2 and White 2, you battle them separately or as a pair, depending on the format you choose.
• Which Pokémon does Emmet use?
  Archeops is his favorite Pokémon and his default partner in the mobile game, where he also battles alongside Gurdurr, Escavalier and Eelektross. In the anime, it's Eelektross that powers the twins' utility car.
• What does Emmet do in the anime?
  He and his brother investigate a ghost train that tampered with the Nimbasa subway's switches, help Ash and his friends take over Team Rocket's locomotive, then take on the young Trainers two-on-two at the end of a rally covering the city's sixty stations.
• Where do Emmet's names come from?
  His French name, Chamsin, comes from a southern wind that sweeps across Egypt and the Middle East. In Japanese, he's named Kudari, meaning "stepping off the train": a direct nod to his job as a Subway Boss.

In short

Emmet is a character designed around the pair: same face, same job, same music as his brother, with an inverted uniform as the only difference. Double Battles aren't just his preference; they're the shape his role takes in every medium — games, anime, manga, cards. The only time you hear him on his own is when Ingo repeats his line centuries earlier.