Thatcher
 continues to admire Ash for his courage, and even considers him a great
 mentor. In his second appearance, Thatcher was shown to have developed 
some sense of independence. 
Thatcher first appeared in A Different Kind of Misty.
 He and Alyssa operate the Misty Village Lighthouse using a special rock
 called the light stone. Thatcher's grandfather gave him a Plusle and 
Minun to help charge the light stone, but Thatcher was unsure of whether
 or not he could properly train them. Having very little trust and 
confidence in his Pokemon, all Thatcher could do was cheer for others 
using his Pokémon's Helping Hnd. Ash, who Thatcher sees as a "hero", 
helped Thatcher protect the light stone from Team Rocket and taught him 
to believe in his Pokémon. 
Thatcher soon left on his own journey to become a Trainer like Ash. During a day training, Sheridan noticed Plusle and Minun's powerful Helping Hand attacks and recruited Thatcher to become a member of his traveling pep squad.
En route to Lavaridge Town, in Cheer Pressure, Ash and his friends encountered Thatcher again as he was training to becoming a pep master. Max later exposed Sheridan and his power of pep as a fraud, leading to the end of his elite cheer school. Thatcher, with a Helping Hand from his Pokémon, then helped Ash's Pikachu escape from Team Rocket. With a renewed faith in his own abilities, Thatcher said goodbye to Ash and his friends, and set his sights on continuing his own journey towards becoming a Trainer.

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