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Characters appearing in the long-running manga, Pokémon Adventures. This page contains characters appearing in the Gold, Silver & Crystal and HeartGold & SoulSilver chapter.
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Dex Holders
Gold
Gold
The Hatcher/Breeder
"...Pokémon are my partners! We work alongside for the same goals because we are partners!"
He's the first hero of the Gold, Silver, and Crystal arc. Gold comes from a well-to-do family, can be quite a flirt and thinks of Pokémon as his family as he grew up with a lot of them. His journey begins when he sees Silver steal a Pokémon from Elm's lab and decides to catch him himself. Gold's first Pokémon was an Aipom (nicknamed Aibo in Viz's translation and Ataro in Chuang Yi's translation) and his 'starter' was a Cyndaquil (nicknamed Exbo and Explotaro in Viz and Chuang Yi's releases respectively).
- Ain't Too Proud to Beg: Eventually resorts to going to the ground and begging to get Oak to give him a Pokédex.
- Anti-Hero: A Disney Anti-Hero. He's a bit temperamental, tends to do things for fun, and usually causes trouble (intentionally or otherwise) wherever he goes; but is a nice guy way, way underneath.
- Berserk Button: Do not hurt Pokémon or treat them as mere tools in front of Gold.
- Bunny-Ears Lawyer: His delinquent-like character makes it hard for others to take him seriously, but he takes care of various troubles with his wits.
- Casanova Wannabe: Regularly hits on a pretty girls. And Bugsy.
- Cheaters Never Prosper: At the start of Gligar Glide, he tries cheating at pool at the Goldenrod Game Corner by wrapping Aibo's Poké Ball in paper and having it run around inside the Ball whenever he hits it with his Pool Cue. Then, people see the wrapping come off, exposing Gold's cheat. Cue Gold and his team literally getting thrown out.
- Chivalrous Pervert: He's a total flirt and once patted Green's butt, but he does care about many of the women he hits on as people (though due to his Jerk with a Heart of Gold tendencies, he might not show it as much).
- Deconstructed Character Archetype: Of the maverick. It isn't a majorly stressed thing, and mostly played for laughs, but multiple characters (Oak, Crystal, Whitney) have voiced on different occasions how infuriating and/or unreliable Gold is for doing more-or-less whatever he feels like. Best exemplified in HGSS, where Oak admits that Gold was his last pick among the Johto trio (Silver was incommunicado, Crystal was busy elsewhere).
- Determinator: Losing battles and almost his own life practically five times to the Masked Man? He keeps trying stop him anyway.
- Dressing as the Enemy: He disguises himself as Guile Hideout once.
- Dude, Where's My Respect?: Even after saving Johto, people see Gold more of a troublemaker than a hero and none of the Hoenn Dex Holders (sans Emerald) show him any respect. In HGSS arc, the Radio Director even blames him for Arceus' destruction.
- Gameplay and Story Integration: As The Breeder, his specialty is hatching eggs. His baby Pokémon take on some of his traits as well. In the HGSS arc he's also the master of the Pokéathlon.
- Handsome Lech: He flirts with almost every woman he sees in Gold, Silver, and Crystal (and in one instance, he flirted with Bugsy). He seemed to have stopped doing so in the Emerald chapter....but then gets right back to it in HeartGold and SoulSilver.
- Hero Worship: Wants to be just like Red, and trains with him on Mt. Silver for that purpose.
- Hot-Blooded: There were even flames in the background when he showed intense desire to beat up the Masked Man.
- Indy Ploy: His are so blatant that mental objections fill the panel when he acts like he planned it all along.
- Improbable Weapon User: He is very good with a Pool Cue.
- Required Secondary Powers: For whatever reason, that cue is strong enough to shatter ice and keep Lugia, a legendary Pokémon, from closing his mouth to use his breath attacks.
- I Surrender, Suckers: Uses this a few times, first when fighting the Masked Man in Ilex Forest.
- It Amused Me: Outright said that this was his main motivation for his journeys: he doesn't do things for justice, he just wants to have fun. With that said, later events and his reactions to them call the truthfulness of this statement into question.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Aside from the pun, he's no different from his rival in this respect, but he usually means well and just wants to show off, and he has a deep love for Pokémon. That being said, he has semi-regular moments where he displays that he can be a major and unrepentant ass (the time where he nearly immolated Crystal which he had the audacity to laugh about, for one). In-universe, it is highlighted in HGSS that some people do regard him as little more than an unreliable trouble maker (Oak assigns him to the Pokéathlon only because Silver and Crystal weren't available, Mary outright says that about him).
- The Leader: Headstrong type of the Johto Dex holders. Sometimes.
- Like Father, Like Son: Any Pokémon hatched with Gold has the tendency to be just like him. This may range from appearance (like Pibu) or, far more unfortunately, his habits (Like Togetaro).
- The Nicknamer: 'Miss Prissy' to Crystal and 'Prissy Boy' to Ruby to name some.
- Nobody Touches the Hair: Getting a piece of his hair snipped off by the monks' Bellsprout in Sprout Tower seemed to really set him off.
- The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: Goes on to give the police an inaccurate description of Silver just so no one else can be the one to catch him.
- Obfuscating Stupidity: Can actually be quite clever, forming plans in times of need while playing dumb.
- Phrase Catcher: Whenever he brags about something, others will call him "Liar" behind his back.
- Doubly so every time he says it was all according to plan.
- Recurring Element: He has a few parallels to Red. For instance they both had Poliwhirl's but took different branched evolutions. They also had to win over the trust of the Pokémon Prof. to get their starter (a four legged Pokémon with it's special ability sprouting from its back). He also gets Sudowoodo on his team, a Pokémon known for blocking roadways like Red's Snorlax.
- Stock Shōnen Hero: To an extent - he's got many of the qualities, but he is portrayed in a much more negative light than usual for this trope.
- Tsurime Eyes: Another case of them.
- Uncle Pennybags: Not as rich as Platinum Berlitz, but he is portrayed to have enough money to count as a literal rich idiot.
- Wild Hair: Whenever he takes his hat off, especially in HeartGold and SoulSilver.
- Wowing Cthulhu: Near the end of HGSS arc, it's all up him to stop Arceus by showing the good in humanity.
- Wrong Assumption: A minor example, where he assumes that Silver also stole the bag containing the Pokémon from his house after seeing him steal Totodile.
Gold's Pokémon
Aibo/Ataro (Ētarou)
- Punny Name: Though entirely an English-version nickname, Aibo is Japanese for "Partner".
Exbo/Explotaro (Bakutarou)
Polibo/Poltaro (Nyotarou)
- Awesome Moment of Crowning: The King's Rock is what caused Polibo to evolve once it was traded to Silver.
- Bash Brothers: With Red's Poliwrath in Emerald.
Sunbo/Sintaro (Kimatarou)
- Eyes Always Shut: After evolution.
- Green Thumb: She’s Grass-type.
- Petal Power: Her head is a flower after evolving.
- The Smurfette Principle: Only female member on Gold's team.
- Sunny Sunflower Disposition: After evolution.
Sudobo/Utaro (Ūtarou)
- Cowardly Lion: Is initially in hiding from a Rhydon in the area. When Gold convinces him to stand up to the Rhydon, however, he clobbers it.
Togebo/Togetaro (Togetarou)
- Flight: Once he evolves.
- Foreshadowing: Is it any wonder that "The Breeder" would have an egg Pokémon?
- Like Father, Like Son: Gold's ability to make his hatched Pokémon like him turned a Pokémon that is known for bringing happiness into a gambling delinquent.
- Out of Focus: Didn't get much focus in the GSC chapter after Gold caught Mantine and sent him to the PC. It's eventually deconstructed; Gold tends to leave Togebo out of battles because he doesn't think it's as strong as his other Pokémon, and this is why Togebo can't evolve. It's eventually remedied in the HG/SS chapter, where Togebo finally gets to evolve. (Twice, even!)
- Took a Level in Badass: As a Togepi, he was badass, but won most of his battles through pure luck or sneak attacks. Upon evolving twice, he became strong enough to face against Arceus and calm it down with a single attack. Although he didn't actually hurt it.
Tibo/Mantaro (Mantarou) and Remoraid
- Flight: Achieves this with the Remoraid. Normally, the Mantine species cannot fly.
- Jetpack: His method of flight transportation for Gold.
- Put on a Bus: Doesn't appear in the HGSS chapter at all.
Pibu (Pich)
- Badass Adorable: Pibu was the one that defeated Pryce using a Super Rising Thunder, what would eventually become the ultimate electric move, Volt Tackle. It did this MERE MINUTES AFTER IT WAS BORN.
- Kid Hero: The first thing it did after being born was beating the Big Bad of the third arc.
- Out of Focus: Not on Gold's main team in HGSS, but appears near the end assisting Celebi and the Spiky-Eared Pichu.
- Punny Name/Lost in Translation: Like Bull, Pibu is a nicknamed Pokémon who's name was not caught by any translators. When written in Japanese, Pich's name is only one character short from the Pichu's species name and would probably be considered a spelling error if not for Netkun.
- Wild Hair: Has his trainer's spiky hair.
Silver
Silver
The Exchanger/Trader
“I lived to find my own battle and to attain my own goals… I was ready to do anything. But that battle has ended today. I will not regret my actions, no matter what punishment is meted out to me.”
The second hero and The Lancer of Gold, Silver, and Crystal. He's an Anti-Hero and works in ways that aren't always very favorable. Has a secret, dark past, but is usually just a Jerk with a Heart of Gold. His first Pokémon is a Sneasel and his starter is a Totodile which he stole from the lab.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: Silver's a Jerkass with no heroic actions in the games who only learns to trust and care for his Pokémon after being defeated and called out by Lance, but here, he's driven for vengeance for Green and himself and is a Jerk with a Heart of Gold from the start.
- Anti-Hero: He starts as an Unscrupulous Anti-Hero at first. While he does the things he does for an ultimately good cause (bringing Mask of Ice down), he's not above stealing or kidnapping Pokémon to accomplish his goals. However, he develops into a Disney Anti-Hero over time.
- Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: He's fairly confident in his skills and backs it up well.
- Berserk Button: You shouldn't don't do anything perverted to Green in front of him, as shown when Gold patted her butt.
- Child Prodigy: He's able to teach Feraligatr Hydro Cannon from consciously watching the Hoenn dex holders practising their moves, a feat that none of the other dex holders, including his seniors, were able to accomplish. Apparently he got this from his father.
- The Comically Serious: He comes across as a serious character in his early appearances...but then he saw his wanted poster. This is taken to hilarious levels when we find out at the end of the HGSS arc that Silver is a fan of Proteam Omega, and seems fixated on staying at Gold's house just to catch its first airing on television. The only other main character who is known to be a fan of the show is Diamond.
- Dark and Troubled Past: The poor dear was kidnapped at two years old, which is how he met Green.
- Early-Bird Cameo: Silver has been shown secretly working with Green during Yellow, but wasn't introduced until Gold, Silver, and Crystal
- Evil Redhead: Not really, just more of a jerk.
- Flung Clothing: When he ditched the Team Rocket wardrobe Sird put on him.
- Gameplay and Story Integration: As The Exchanger, his specialty is trading. As a bit of a lost in translation pun with his counterpart Green, (Exchanger and Evolver have similar pronouciations in Japanese) he also specializes in trade-induced evolution as he's performed with Green, Blue, and Gold.
- Heroic BSoD: Sird's revelation that his father is Giovanni hits him so hard that he looked ready to faint without the assistance of her Banette. After waking up, he felt dejected that his dreams of having a happy family would never work out with the leader of Team Rocket.
- Hidden Depths: See The Comically Serious.
- Instant Expert: Learned Feraligtr's special move in less than a minute!Gold (thinking in shock): It took me two months to learn that move!
- It's Personal: With the Mask of Ice in the GSC arc, and with Team Rocket's revival in HGSS arc. The Johto stories more to do with his backstory than any other Dex Holder, and he feels responsible in stopping Giovanni's crimes in the remake arc.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He starts out as one, in contrast to his game counterpart, who was a Jerkass who developed into this.
- Let's You and Him Fight: In the HGSS arc, he battles Falkner, Bugsy and Chuck due to bad people forcing Morty to use his powers to find things for them and as such, anyone who wants to see Morty has to get past them. The fight ends when Chuck's Hitmontop recognizes Silver's Rhyperior and Silver explains that he and Blue had traded Pokémon with Blue trading his Rhydon. It's this that convinces Chuck that Silver is a good guy as Blue was Chuck's apprentice.
- Like Brother and Sister: With Green. Comes with being friends while being abducted by a masked man. Even comes with My Sister Is Off-Limits towards Gold.
- Luke, I Am Your Father: It turns out later that he's the son of Team Rocket boss Giovanni.
- Morality Chain: Subverted with his father Giovanni. In HGSS, Gold wonders if Giovanni became evil when Silver was kidnapped. But Giovanni was quick to refute this, stating that he had always been a villain with ambitions to conquer the world. That being said...
- Morality Pet: Giovanni still loves his son dearly who brings out some of his nobler qualities.
- Not So Stoic: He starts off barely showing much emotion beyond mild curiosity, but has a full-on Slasher Smile when he confronts Team Rocket at Slowpoke Well. He gradually begins softening out as the storyline progresses.
- Prophet Eyes: He gains these when he is temporarily blinded by Petrel. Crys later heals him.
- Put on a Bus: Green tried to enforce this in the GSC arc.
- The Stoic: At first he doesn't emote too much, but grows out of it.
- Yank the Dog's Chain: Silver had been searching for him family since he was a child, honestly hoping that he'd have a loving family filled with Pokémon, like Gold... only to find his father is Giovanni.
Silver's Pokémon
Weavile
- An Ice Person: Ice is his secondary type.
- Combat Pragmatist: Dark is his primary type.
- Cute Little Fangs: And thus it's less likely to be using biting moves.
- Wicked Weasel: Downplayed; it's a dark weasel and Silver was initially morally ambiguous, but they're both heroes now.
- Wolverine Claws: Uses these to leave messages for others of the species to find.
Feraligatr
- An Ice Person: Knows Ice Punch.
- Badass Adorable: As Tododile. After only a few days with Gold, it already had an impressive reserve of powerful moves.
- I Choose to Stay: He was stolen by Silver, but when Gold tries to take him back at Bellsprout Tower, Tododile bites him, already preferring to stay with Silver.
- Making a Splash: He's Water-type
- Never Smile at a Crocodile: Or an alligator, depending on the evolution.
Honchkrow
- Blow You Away: Flying is his secondary type.
- Combat Pragmatist: Dark is his primary type.
- Flight: Silver's primary flier.
- Pimp Duds: As a Honchkrow.
Kingdra
- Making a Splash: She's Water-type as a Horsea and Seadra and it's her primary type as a Kingdra.
- Our Dragons Are Different: Dragon is her secondary type as a Kingdra.
- The Smurfette Principle: Only female member on Silver's team.
Gyarados
- Blow You Away: Flying is his secondary type.
- Making a Splash: Water is his primary type
- Playing with Fire: Knows Fire Blast.
Ursaring
- Bears Are Bad News
- The Bus Came Back: When Giovanni returns in HGSS, so does Ursaring.
- Non-Elemental: He is Normal-type.
- Playing with Fire: Knows Fire Punch.
Crystal
Crystal
The Catcher/Capturer
"Capture complete!"
- The Ace: In regards to Pokémon catching. It says volumes of her skill that she legitimately managed to Catch 'Em All, or at least every non-Legendary in Kanto, Johto, & Hoenn by Emerald.
- Age-Inappropriate Dress: Her outfit in HeartGold and SoulSilver; forced on to her by her mother.
- And Now for Someone Completely Different: The camera focuses on her after Gold and Silver are defeated by the Mask of Ice. She goes on almost a two volume long solo adventure as The Hero of her own story before teaming up with the others.
- Amazingly Embarrassing Parents: Her mother is a loving, encouraging and competent, but she's flamboyant, hammy and painfully childish. She's also a Coordinator like Ruby and Wallace, which makes a painful amount of sense.
- Brainy Brunette: If you count her Emerald artwork, where her hair is a dark brown.
- Catchphrase: "Capture complete!" in the Viz translation, "Capture done." in the Chuang Yi translation.
- The Coats Are Off: She does this quite a few times before HeartGold and SoulSilver, most notably when rescuing Bill's boat from a wild Flaafy and Dunsparce and while re-training herself at Mt. Mortar.
- Composite Character: She wears Lyra's outfit from Pokémon HeartGold & SoulSilver. How ironic.
- Contagious Heroism: Her selfless decision to undertake the completion of the Pokédex in exchange for massively upgrading the QOL of the orphanage she worked at inspired Emerald to become a dex holder himself.
- Contrasting Sequel Main Character: She can be seen as one to Green. Despite both of them being introduced in the middle of the arc, their debut marking the third-version game of their respective gens, Green got her start by stealing a starter from Oak and is very roguish to boot. Meanwhile, Crystal got her start by helping Oak in his research and is very serious about it.
- Cool Big Sis: To Emerald, the orphans, Ruby and Sapphire.
- Experienced Protagonist: She is already seen with 6 well-trained Pokémon in her debut, where her starter ironically becomes her 7th Pokémon.
- Extremity Extremist: She uses her Poké Balls by kicking them at her targets, a habit she developed after injuring her arms while training her capturing skills.
- Gameplay and Story Integration: As The Catcher, her specialty is capturing wild Pokémon. She has a unique way of using Poké Balls (kicking instead of throwing) and also becomes Oak's assistant like the player character in the game is supposed to be since she has the completed Dex.
- Girlish Pigtails: Hers slant upwards. Unlike her eccentric mother, however, she's nowhere near childish.
- Gotta Catch Them All: Her original goal in Crystal before the plot with the Masked Man came back into focus, and she succeeds by Emerald. Sort of.... Heck, her specialty title is "Capturer".
- Heroic BSoD: When she fails to catch Suicune and understand it in Gold, Silver, and Crystal. Her mother has to slap her and she has to start training from scratch when she finally reboots.
- It's Personal: She feels obligated in stopping Team Rocket in HGSS arc, believing that that's what'll ensure kids a safe future.
- Kick Chick: She kicks her Poké Balls instead of throwing them, since she had broken her arms when training and had to improvise. Though she fully recovered from her injuries since then, she maintains the habit of kicking Poké Balls.
- Kiddy Coveralls: Forced onto by her mother during the HeartGold and SoulSilver so she can appeal more to the kids in her charge,, making her a Composite Character with Lyra
- Like Mother, Unlike Daughter: Is a serious young girl compared to her girlish mother as noted above, although they share the mood swing tendencies.
- Modesty Shorts: Keeps her traveling biker shorts on under her scientist skirt.
- Mood-Swinger: Usually a nice, cheerful person, but whenever catching is involved, she turns super serious and focused.
- Only Sane Woman: Between her, Gold, and Silver, she's the most responsible.
- Ship Tease: With Silver, Emerald and Gold.
- Significant Name: Her birthday is at 30th of April, where her birthstone is crystal.
- Symbol Motif Clothing: Every member of her Pokémon team has a star-shaped marking somewhere on its body or wears a star-shaped accessory.
- Tsundere:
- Downplayed. While she does tend to flip-flop between an easy-going demeanor and anger in Gold's case, these instances are generally caused by legitimate grievances over selfish (and occasionally dangerous things) he does (as in their trip to the Pokémon League, where he unapologetically almost caused her serious burns).
- Then played straight in the HG/SS arc as she kicked Gold everytime he tried to say something about her new clothes, without letting him finish the sentence.
- With My Hands Tied: Does this to herself in one chapter by wrapping her arms behind her back (akin to an armbinder) so that she can concentrate on using Poké Balls using only her legs as part of her training.
Crystal's Pokémon
Chumee (Mupyon)
- An Ice Person: Ice is her primary type.
- Psychic Powers: Psychic is her secondary type.
Megaree/Mega (Megapyon)
- All Animals Are Dogs: Is seen wagging his tiny tail in happiness as a Chikorita
- Badass Adorable: As a Chikorita, he was perfectly willing to follow Crystal across the wilds of Johto. Just before he evolved into Bayleef, he headbutted a Larvitar that had previously fought Archy and grievously wounded him. It's this quality that convinces Crystal to accept him as a member of her team.
- Green Thumb: He's Grass-type.
- The Call Put Me on Hold: Wanted to go on adventures like Elm's Cyndaquil and Totodile, but was left behind. When Crystal declined to take him in initially, he kicked Elm in the face and ran after her. Even when he found her, Crystal was still unwilling to take him in at first as she already had a full team.
Bonee (Karapyon)
- Bad with the Bone: His primary weapon.
- Dishing Out Dirt: He's Ground-type.
- Skeletons in the Coat Closet: Wears a Marowak's skull.
- Stock Femur Bone: The type of bone he carries.
Monlee/Hitmonee (Ebipyon)
- Bare-Fisted Monk: He's Fighting-type.
- Red Boxing Gloves: With a star on them.
Natee/Xatee (Naipyon)
- Blow You Away: She's a Flying-type, and she can learn Gust, which is a small tornado.
- Flight: As a Flying-type, this is a given, as she stays off the ground and moves through the air.
- Psychic Powers: She's a Psychic-type, and she can move things with its mind.
Parasee (Parapyon)
- Blank White Eyes: Although the fact that the mushroom has taken over a Parasect's body is never brought up.
- Big Creepy-Crawlies: She's part Bug-type, and it's comes to about Crystal's knees.
- Combat Medic: Can cure status effects and mix medicine using its spores.
- Green Thumb: She's part Grass-type, which is know for growing plant life.
Archy/Arckee (Winpyon)
- Canis Major: A big, fiery dog.
- Precious Puppies: Downplayed as Crys only ever knew him as an Arcanine.
- Heroic Dog: Very much so.
- Playing with Fire: Fire-type, and it can breathe fire.
Mymee (Baripyon)
- Barrier Warrior: Crystal uses Sabrina's techniques to create houses out of invisible barriers.
- Psychic Powers: She is a Psychic-type Pokémon, and it knows how to move things with her mind.
Allies
Gym Leaders
Falkner
First appearing as a police officer, Falkner befriends Gold who helps him catch a Skarmory. He later uses it to pass the Gym Leader exam and becomes the Leader of the Violet City Gym. Looks up to his father (implied to be Walker, an old friend of Chuck's), who was a policeman.
- Adaptational Badass: In the games, Falkner is considered to be one of the weakest Gym Leaders in the series. In the manga, Falkner is one of the stronger Gym Leaders from Johto and comes much closer than the others to catching Suicune. When the Team Rocket members invaded the Indigo Plateau, while most of the Gym Leaders fought them off using their Pokémon, Falkner is one of the few who confront the Rockets directly, as he can be seen tackling a Rocket to the ground.
- Adapted Out: Lacks his Pidgey.
- Birds of a Feather: With Janine. They share a mutual respect due to both having father issues.
- Blow You Away: Specializes in Flying-type Pokémon.
- Canon Foreigner: Skarmory.
- Composite Character: Falkner was the same policeman who investigated Professor Elm's lab.
- Precision-Guided Boomerang: Made from his Skarmory's cast off feathers which he then fits his Pokéballs to. He also uses them as more direct weapons.
- Signature Mon: Skarmory.
Bugsy
The Gym Leader of Azalea Town, who first appears as an archaeologist, Bugsy meets Gold at the Ruins of Alph. Specializes in bug-types.
- Big Creepy-Crawlies: Specializes in Bug-type Pokémon.
- Canon Foreigner: Has a second Metapod and Kakuna.
- Curtains Match the Window: Purple hair and purple eyes.
- Dude Looks Like a Lady: His first appearance has Gold mistaking him for a girl and flirting with him.
- Signature Mon: Heracross.
- Unsettling Gender-Reveal: Gold first mistakes Bugsy for a girl and asks him out.
Whitney
A somewhat childish Gym Leader who specializes in Normal-types, Whitney is the only Gym Leader aside from Pryce who Suicune doesn't challenge. She sometimes helps her good friend DJ Mary on radio shows.
- Adaptational Wimp: She's notorious for being
That One Boss in the games, but is one of the weakest Gym Leaders here, to the point that Suicune doesn't even bother with her when he's looking for a leader to be his partner. - Adapted Out: Lacks her Clefairy.
- Canon Foreigner: Cleffa and Igglybuff.
- Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: She shows a surprising amount of skill when battling the fake ice Suicune.
- Curb-Stomp Battle: She is the receiving end of this as Misty defeats her rather easily in only a few pages, which is kind of sad as the other Gym Leader battles took at least a chapter. Well, Suicune didn't bother with her for a reason...not to mention it chose Misty as its partner as well.
- Fangirl: She seems to have a fangirl crush for Bruno by the end of the HeartGold/SoulSilver chapter. At the end of this one when we see her with a poster of his on her room and sending him Rage Candy Bars.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: In the HeartGold/SoulSilver arc, she's matured and become a nicer, if still flawed, person.
- Non-Elemental: Specializes in Normal-type Pokémon.
- Signature Mon: Miltank.
Morty
A trainer with clairvoyant psychic abilities, Morty is the Leader of the Ecruteak City Gym. Specializes in Ghost-types.
- Adapted Out: Lacks his two Haunter and Gengar.
- Canon Foreigner: Misdreavus.
- Psychic Powers: As long as he has an idea of what he's looking for, he can see it and its location. (Ho-oh is out of his league though.) People actually come to him and pay him to find the things they lost or can't find.
- Scarf of Asskicking: Wears a scarf in the HeartGold & SoulSilver chapter.
- Signature Mon: Misdreavus.
- Soul Power: Specializes in Ghost-type Pokémon.
Chuck
The Gym Leader of Mahogany Town, who specializes in Fighting-types. Chuck was the one who taught Blue how to train Pokémon. He runs a dojo.
- Badass Normal: He mastered several different martial arts and trains himself along side of his Pokémon.
- Barefisted Monk: Specializes in Fighting-type Pokémon.
- Canon Foreigner: Machamp, Hitmonlee, Hitmontop and Tyrogue.
- Continuity Nod: During the Let's You and Him Fight with Silver in Raising the Stakes with Rhyperior, after Chuck's Hitmontop beats Silver's Weavile, Silver sends out his Rhyperior. Both Hitmontop and Rhyperior initally clash horns only for the duo to stop in shock. As it turns out, they've faced each other before and Silver explains that he's friends with Blue, Chuck's apprentice and Blue traded his Rhydon which was holding a Protector to Silver. It's this that convinces Chuck that Silver is trustworthy.
- Curb-Stomp Battle: In HGSS, his Hitmontop wipes the floor with Silver's Weavile with one Triple Kick.
- Happily Married: He is seen living happily with his wife.
- Large Ham: Subdued when not fighting, but when he does fight...
- Signature Mon: Hitmontop.
- Stout Strength: He’s pretty fat for someone who’s supposed to a constantly training martial artist.
- Walking Shirtless Scene: Perhaps to emphasize his dedication to martial arts training, he is never seen with a shirt on.
Jasmine
The Olivine City Gym Leader who was caught in Ecruteak City earthquake, she had to save herself because Gold and Silver were too busy fighting over who would save her. She specializes in the Steel-type, though she has other types on her team. Her part-time job is looking after the Sparkle Lighthouse.
- Adapted Out: Her Magnemite.
- Canon Foreigner: Has two Togetic (Normal/Flying-types) and two Magneton.
- Extra-ore-dinary: Specializes in Steel-type Pokémon.
- Shrinking Violet: She doesn't really like showing off her abilities as a fighter to the public. Notably, she hid her Steelix by covering its body in a rock covering to make people think it was just an odd-looking Onix not because she wanted an advantage in her match with Brock, but because she didn't want her Steelix to receive undue attention for being one of the first recorded cases of proof for an Onix being able to evolve.
- Signature Mon: Steelix.
Pryce
- Adaptational Badass: His Delibird helped him capture Ho-Oh and Lugia and Swinub can stand up to Dialga thanks to its immunity to Roar of Time.
- Adapted Out: Lacks his Dewgong and Piloswine.
- Ascended Extra: His status as the Big Bad of the GSC chapter makes him this, whereas in the games he is just a normal Gym Leader with hardly any dialogue.
- Big Bad: He is the Masked Man, the antagonist of the GSC chapter.
- Big Damn Heroes: Suddenly reappears in the HGSS chapter alongside Giovanni and Lance to help Gold, Silver and Crystal fight the Creation Trio.
- Canon Foreigner: Swinub, Lapras and Delibird.
- Character Tics: Tapping the tip of his cane against the ground. He does this to activate a Pokégear hidden in his cane.
- Empowered Badass Normal: The extremely long amount of time Pryce spent trapped in the void of timenote allowed him to completely No-Sell Dialga's Roar of Time and battle the legendary Pokémon on even footing during the HGSS chapter. Given that his Swinub accompanied him all this time and was also immune to Roar of Time, it is likely that Swinub is similarly empowered as well.
- Evil Cripple: As Pryce, he moves around in a wheelchair. As the Masked Man, he uses an artificially made ice body to walk around in. The evil part is averted in the HGSS chapter as he pulls a Heel–Face Turn.
- Eyes Always Shut: Was introduced with this. After his reveal as the Masked Man, he starts to downplay this trope.
- Freudian Excuse: All he wanted to achieve from capturing Celebi was to use its powers to go back in time and be reunited with the two Lapras he wasn't able to save.
- Handicapped Badass: Being stuck in a wheelchair doesn’t change that he is the leader of all the Johto Gym Leaders.
- Heel–Face Turn: After seeing visions of a future where Arceus indirectly destroys the world because of Dialga and Giratina infighting, Pryce's desire to prevent its destruction results in Celebi releasing him from the void of time. Subsequently, he, Giovanni and Lance proceed to stall the Creation Trio long enough for Gold to calm Arceus down.
- An Ice Person: Specializes in Ice-type Pokémon. He also makes sculptures that move around.
- Karma Houdini: Despite the havoc he caused as the Masked Man, especially letting loose a berserk Ho-Oh and Lugia on the Pokemon League, he does not seem to face any punishment upon his return in the HGSS chapter (beyond nearly being mistakenly killed by Giovanni).
- Love Makes You Crazy: A variation. He's gone insane after years and years of emotionally repressing himself after losing his beloved Lapras. So really, lack of expressing love made him crazy.
- The Mentor: Is asked by Giovanni to pair up with Lance and train Silver at the end of the HGSS chapter so that Silver will be ready for his eventual duel with Giovanni in the future.
- Miniature Senior Citizens: He’s absolutely tiny. This lets him sit in as the head of the Masked Man on top of the body made of ice.
- Pint-Sized Powerhouse: His Swinub—a small furry pig that fits comfortably between his laps—throws down with Dialga in the HGSS chapter. Even if Swinub is an Empowered Badass Normal, the fact that Swinub could hold its own against Dialga long enough for Gold to calm down Arceus is truly incredible.
- Schrödinger's Cast: Originally, Pryce's fate at the end of the GSC chapter was an Uncertain Doom, as Gold's Pibu had destroyed his GS Ball in the void of time, allowing Celebi to escape, which resulted in Pryce no longer being able to navigate time at will—he just seemingly vanished from existence, even though Gold and Pibu returned to the present. When Pryce reappears during the HGSS chapter, he reveals that he had in fact been trapped in the void of time, seeing the beginning of the world, the creation of legendary and mythical Pokémon, and a Bad Future where the world is destroyed by Arceus. The latter made him decide that he needed to intervene to prevent the destruction of the world, which resulted in Celebi transporting him back to the present time in the HGSS chapter.
- Tragic Ice Character: In his youth, Pryce lost two adult Lapras during an avalanche, with their offspring hatching mere moments after they died. This event made him distance himself from his friends and served as his Start of Darkness.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: He did everything he did to catch Celebi so he could save his two Lapras that were lost in an avalanche when he was young.
Clair
Lance's cousin, Clair shares his affinity for Dragon-types. Gym Leader of Blackthorn City Gym.
- Adapted Out: She lacks her additional Dragonair and Gyarados.
- Berserk Button: Lance is a touchy subject.
- Our Dragons Are Different: Specializes in Dragon-type Pokémon.
- Signature Mon: Dragonair.
- Whip of Dominance: This adaptation has Clair wielding a whip, making her look even more like a strict and unapproachable Ice Queen than in the games. She actually uses it for Poké Ball launching and is later shown to also be able to use it as a weapon when fighting rocket grunts.
Other
Professor Elm
The Pokémon professor of the Johto region, Elm was unfortunate enough to be robbed of Totodile by Silver and could only watch as Gold took Cyndaquil to track him down.
- Butt-Monkey: To a lesser extent than Bill, though.
Mirei
A hyper woman with a rather childish demeanor, Crystal's mom can still be serious when the time calls for it.
- All There in the Manual: Her name was revealed by PokéSPedia.
- Bitch Slap: How she got Crystal out of her funk. Replaced with an epic Death Glare outside of Japan.
- Canon Foreigner: She has no in-game equivalent, since opposite-gender rivals wouldn't be a thing until gen III.
- Genki Girl: She’s very perky and excitable.
- Gyaru Girl: Her design's very much this, contributing to her hyperactive girl shtick.
- Mood-Swinger: Much like her daughter, she has an intense, serious side to her.
Eusine
A Trainer in pursuit of the legendary Pokémon Suicune. He formed a rivalry with Crystal during the events of the Crystal arc, but by the end of the arc they become on much friendlier terms with each other. He also has a more minor role in the HGSS arc where he encounters Silver.
- Badass Cape: Wears a short one that only reaches the bottom of his back.
- Butt-Monkey: Especially in the HGSS arc.
- Fanboy: Of Suicune.
- Guile Hero: Has shades of this in the Crystal arc.
- Inelegant Blubbering: Somewhat subverted, as he's only sobbing because of the presense of Koffing. The second time is genuine as he's moved by Silver's motive to thwart Team Rocket.
- Large Ham: Even more so than in the games.
- Sharp-Dressed Man: In addition to having a Badass Cape.
- Squee: Eusine has a moment of this when he encounters Suicune the first time ...until he finds out the hard way it's actually a Ditto in disguise.
- White Gloves: They complete his stage magician look.
Legendary Beasts
Raikou, Entei, and Suicune
A trio of legendary Pokémon that died during the fires that burned down the Brass Tower. They were revived into their current forms by Ho-Oh, who they revere as their master.- Back from the Dead: They were three Pokémon that died when the Burned Tower was destroyed but were revived by Ho-Oh in their current forms.
- Barrier Warrior: Suicune can create a Crystal Wall, a powerful, unbreakable barrier designed to keep people from pursuing it.
- Combat Pragmatist: Suicune's shtick in a nutshell when battling the Gym Leaders, whether it's seeing the real Janine and Crobat's shadow when Crobat uses Double Team to create copies of itself and Janine, or blocking Falkner's Poké Balls with Bubble Beam right when he's about to try and catch Raikou and Suicune.
- Fire, Ice, Lightning: A group of three connected Legendary Pokémon.
- Healing Shiv: Entei's fire attacks manage to help cure Blaine's illness and sever his connection to Mewtwo.
- Making a Splash: Suicune is Water-type.
- Only the Chosen May Ride: They chose who gets to fight with them, and travel Johto and Kanto seeking an appropriate rider.
- Playing with Fire: Entei is Fire-type.
- Shock and Awe: Raikou is Electric-type. The clouds on its back amplify Raikou's already powerful moves even further.
- Snub by Omission: Suicune makes its opinions on Whitney clear by not bothering to test her at all.
- Walk on Water: Suicune.
Antagonists
Neo-Team Rocket
The Masked Man (AKA the Mask of Ice)
The Big Bad of the GSC chapter, he gathered the remnants of Team Rocket for his own plans. His motive is to gain the power to control time.
- Adaptational Villainy: As Pryce, in the games he is just a neutral Gym Leader but here he’s the Big Bad.
- Anti-Villain: His motivation reveals him to be a mix of Types II and III.
- Attempted Suicide: When he is defeated and loses Celebi, meaning his plan was all for nothing, he starts squeezing his own throat in an attempt to strangle himself to death. Thankfully, Celebi intervenes.
- Big Bad: Of the G/S/C arc.
- The Chessmaster: His plan took years to carry out, but it comes very close to succeeding.
- Cool Mask: His is made up of the same metal that Gym badges are made of, clueing the heroes that he is one of the Gym Leaders.
- Dramatic Unmask: Gold uses a combination attack from his entire team to pin down the Masked Man and uses his pool cue to shatter the mask, revealing Pryce.
- An Ice Person: Not only is he an ice specialist, he can freeze a huge area in seconds and instantly create almost anything out of ice.
- Healing Factor: Having a body made of regenerating ice helps. Unless extreme sunlight is involved.
- Heel–Face Door-Slam: He seemed to have finally let go of his pain at the end of GSC, but he's lost in time before he can really live that life. Subverted when he comes back in HGSS, a much better person.
- Kick the Dog: He tells Gold that Pokémon are just weapons to him. Subverted when as Pryce, he tells Gold that he lied and that Pokémon are to be loved.
- Knight of Cerebus: He is arguably one of the darkest villains in the series. He kidnapped and and brainwashed six children (one of whom was only a toddler) into wearing masks and doing his bidding. He also is one of the most terrifying looking characters in the series, and was thought to be Ambiguously Human for most of the arc.
- Malevolent Masked Men: Becomes more pronounced in the Indigo Plateau.
- Mini-Mecha: His ice body works on the same principle, with Pryce himself sitting on his wheelchair, positioned where the head should be.
- Olympus Mons: He captures Lugia and Ho-Oh and uses them to attack the Pokémon League. In the climax he also controls Celebi.
- Pet the Dog: He has two...
- The issue with his pair of Lapras, and their kid. He truly loved them.
- In a flashback before the FRLG chapter, he seems really sad about Silver and Green leaving him. Hell, he even made an ice statue of himself with the six "children" together as a family! This shows that deep down he cared for them, but couldn't express it due to his heart being so "frozen over", and though he wanted them to be a family to him, he could only ever treat them like weapons or servants instead.
- Signature Mon: Delibird.
- White Mask of Doom: Wears one of these in order to hide his identity.
- Worf Had the Flu: Earlier in his time, he has a lapse of weakness for his constant pursuit of Celebi. Exploiting this was how Green and Silver escaped from his forces in the first place.
Will
One of the Masked Kids who are directly under the Masked Man, Will is a psychic-type specialist who enjoys doing things for the thrills alone (but not the danger). After the Masked Man is defeated, he joins Koga and Bruno since he doesn't have anything else to do.- Adaptational Villainy: In the games he is just a neutral Elite Four member but here he’s a member of the villainous Masked Kids.
- Co-Dragons: With Karen, to Mask of Ice.
- For the Evulz: He and Karen chose to follow the Masked Man of their own will because they found life too boring. They don’t see his evil actions as anything serious.
- Heel–Face Turn: After the Masked Man’s defeat he joins the official Elite Four.
- Karma Houdini: Despite willingly working for the Masked Man and committing various evil actions, including mind raping Green, he joins the Elite Four with no repercussions. He doesn’t even really have a change of heart, he just does so because it sounds interesting.
- Monster Clown: In the GSC arc, prior to his HGSS redesign.
- Olympus Mons: He controls Lugia after the Masked Man is done with it.
- Psychic Powers: Specializes in Psychic-type Pokémon.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Once Silver starts beating him he decides to leave since he no longer fines the situation fun.
- Signature Mon: Xatu in Gold, Silver & Crystal and Exeggutor in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
Karen
Another one of the Masked Kids, Karen specializes in the Dark-type. Though a little sadistic and twisted, she goes off with Koga and Bruno in good graces after the final battle.- Adaptational Villainy: The Karen in the games was just a member of the Johto Elite Four and didn't do much. Here, she's part of the Masked Man's Team Rocket.
- Co-Dragons: With Will, to Mask of Ice. Oddly, they don't appear until later in Gold, Silver, and Crystal.
- Combat Pragmatist: Specializes in Dark-type Pokémon.
- Dark Is Evil: Pre-Heel–Face Turn.
- Dark Is Not Evil: Post-Heel–Face Turn.
- For the Evulz: She and Will chose to follow the Mask of Ice of their own will because they were bored.
- Heel–Face Turn: After the Masked Man’s defeat she joins the official Elite Four.
- Karma Houdini: Despite willingly working for the Masked Man and committing various evil actions, including mind raping Green, she joins the Elite Four with no repercussions.
- Olympus Mons: She controls Ho-Oh after the Masked Man is done with it.
- Signature Mon: Umbreon in Gold, Silver & Crystal and Houndoom in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
Team Rocket Four Generals
Archer
The leader of the Four Generals of Team Rocket. He seeks Arceus so that he can convince Giovanni to return and lead Team Rocket again.- Adaptational Ugliness: He looks older and scrawnier than his game self, especially toward the end of the HeartGold & SoulSilver saga.
- Fat and Skinny: With Ariana.
- Godhood Seeker: Wants to control the powers of Arceus.
- Large Ham: He starts as a collected Magnificent Bastard closer to his game self, but becomes increasingly over the top as his sanity slips further. This is most clearly scene when he starts crying Tears of Joy after he forces Arceus to create Dialga, Palkia and Giratina, thinking he has succeeded in pleasing Giovanni.
- Sanity Slippage: This version of Archer is a lot more mentally unstable than his game counterpart, and he gets crazier and crazier as the arc goes on.
Ariana
One of the Four Generals of Team Rocket.- Adaptational Ugliness: After the Art Shift. Several fans have pointed out that the promotional material, as well as her first appearance, showed her thin with wide hips, but that now she looks... fat.
Word of God says this was intentional, because they had never done a villain like that. - The Brute: She explains that each member of the Four Generals has a specific role, where hers is to eliminate obstacles.
- Curb-Stomp Battle: She beat Crystal's team easily, and then had Silver beat her in a similar fashion.
- Fat and Skinny: With Archer.
- Evil Gloating: To Crystal. Archer shuts her up.
- Evil Redhead: She has bright red hair and is a member of Team Rocket.
Petrel
The Master of Disguise. He's actually extremely good at it, unlike the games.- Combat Pragmatist: He uses underhanded tactics like having his Koffing emit gas that blinds his opponents and disguising his face to confuse them. He is even able to beat Lance like this, catching him off guard by disguising himself as Yellow in a Team Rocket uniform.
- Dirty Coward: He will always attempt to flee the scene if things look bad for him.
- Evil Gloating: He's no smarter than in the games...
- Jerkass: The exact opposite of his Affably Evil Nice Guy game persona.
- Master of Disguise: He can use makeup to near instantly change his face to look like someone else’s.
- MacGuffin Delivery Service: He proposes this to Archer in order to let him off the hook.
- Signature Mon: Koffing.
- The Starscream: He has plans to usurp Archer.
Proton
One of the Four Generals of Team Rocket.- Satellite Character: Compared to his cohorts, he has very little characterization.
