Cal (game)

Cal (Japanese: ヒカル or ひかる Hikaru) is a traveling Pokémon Trainer. He first appeared in Pokémon Gold and Silver, in which he was a Trainer that could be battled in Viridian City's Trainer House. His sprite is the same as the sprite used for Ethan in Pokémon Gold and Silver; this also applies to Pokémon Crystal, despite the fact that it introduced a new sprite for Ethan himself. He only appears in the Trainer House if the player has never used Mystery Gift before. If the player has used Mystery Gift, he is replaced with a Trainer with the same name and party of the last person the player used Mystery Gift with. His Pokémon are the fully evolved Johto starter Pokémon at level 50. The three games also hold unused Trainer data for Cal, with one team consisting of the three unevolved starters at level 10, and the second forms of the starters at level 30.

He also appeared in Pokémon Stadium 2 with a new unique character design as the opponent in the standard battle modes. He appears in the Battle Now and Free Battle modes as a CPU opponent. In Battle Now, he has access to the same Pokémon pools the player does. In Free Battle, Cal uses a team of Pokémon the player assigns him, except in the case of battles under Challenge Cup rules, in which case Cal receives Pokémon randomly in the same way the player does.

In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, Cal has been given the appearance of an Ace Trainer and his name is spelled in hiragana as ひかる in Japanese version of those games, as opposed to spelling it in katakana as ヒカル as it was in Generation II.

In the games

Pokémon

File:GS Gold.png Pokémon Trainer Cal Trainer House Gold, Silver, and Crystal Pokémon Trainer and Professor Cal Oak Trainer House Gold, Silver, and Crystal Reward: $5000

Type: Grass Unknown Held item: None Meganium♂ Lv.50 PoisonPowder Poison   --       Synthesis Grass   --       Body Slam Normal   --       Light Screen Psychic   --       Type: Fire Unknown Held item: None Typhlosion♂ Lv.50 Ember Fire   --       Quick Attack Normal   --       Swift Normal   --       Flame Wheel Fire   --       Type: Water Unknown Held item: None Feraligatr♂ Lv.50 Bite Dark   --       Scary Face Normal   --       Slash Normal   --       Screech Normal   --

File:HGSS Cool Trainer M.png Ace Trainer Cal Trainer House HeartGold and SoulSilver Ace Trainer and Professor Cal Oak Trainer House HeartGold and SoulSilver Reward: 1BP

Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Overgrow Held item: Sitrus Berry Meganium♀ Lv.50 Leech Seed Grass Status   --       Protect Normal Status   --       Energy Ball Grass Special   --       Toxic Poison Status   --       Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Blaze Held item: Salac Berry Typhlosion♀ Lv.50 Focus Blast Fighting Special   --       Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Substitute Normal Status   --       Eruption Fire Special   --       Type: Water Unknown Ability: Torrent Held item: Lum Berry Feraligatr♀ Lv.50 Dragon Dance Dragon Status   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Ice Punch Ice Physical   --       Waterfall Water Physical   --

Unused data

In the Generation II games' code, there is unused battle data with Cal having the Johto starters in their basic and middle forms, as well as the final forms encountered normally. Because Kanto is not legitimately reachable until late in the game, it is unknown how these Pokémon were intended to be encountered.

File:GS Gold.png Pokémon Trainer Cal Cheating Gold, Silver, and Crystal Pokémon Trainer and Professor Cal Oak Cheating Gold, Silver, and Crystal Reward: $1000

Type: Grass Unknown Held item: None Chikorita♂ Lv.10 Tackle Normal   --       Growl Normal   --       Razor Leaf Grass   --       -- ???   --       Type: Fire Unknown Held item: None Cyndaquil♂ Lv.10 Tackle Normal   --       SmokeScreen Normal   --       -- ???   --       -- ???   --       Type: Water Unknown Held item: None Totodile♂ Lv.10 Scratch Normal   --       Leer Normal   --       -- ???   --       -- ???   --

File:GS Gold.png Pokémon Trainer Cal Cheating Gold, Silver, and Crystal Pokémon Trainer and Professor Cal Oak Cheating Gold, Silver, and Crystal Reward: $3000

Type: Grass Unknown Held item: None Bayleef♂ Lv.30 Reflect Psychic   --       Razor Leaf Grass   --       Synthesis Grass   --       -- ???   --       Type: Fire Unknown Held item: None Quilava♂ Lv.30 SmokeScreen Normal   --       Quick Attack Normal   --       Ember Fire   --       Leer Normal   --       Type: Water Unknown Held item: None Croconaw♂ Lv.30 Bite Dark   --       Rage Normal   --       Leer Normal   --       -- ???   --

Quotes

Gold, Silver and Crystal

Before battle:

"I travelled out here just so I could battle you."

After losing:

"I lost... Darn..."

HeartGold and SoulSilver

Before battle:

"It's MATCH!"

If the player wins:

"You win... THANKS!"

If the player loses:

"VICTORY! Thank you!"

In other languages

• French: Julot
• German: Hermann
• Italian: Enea
• Spanish: Rolan*/Robe*

This game character article is part of Project CharacterDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in the Pokémon games.