Janitor (Trainer class)

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Janitor
せいそういん Cleaner
Janitor Geoff Adventures.png
Geoff, the Janitor/president of the Battle Company, as seen in Pokémon Adventures
Other names
Introduced in Generation V
Appears in Black and White, Black 2 and White 2
Gender Male
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Anime debut
TCG debut [[(TCG)|]]
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Manga debut A Direct Attack and a Daunting Defense (Adventures)

A Janitor (Japanese: せいそういん Cleaner) is a type of Trainer class introduced in Generation V. They are old men dressed in green janitor outfits that hold mops. They could be considered a male counterpart of Maids.

Despite being cleaners, they tend to use Pokémon that represent filth, such as Trubbish and Koffing, as well as Pokémon that love to clean, such as Minccino. They mainly use Poison-type Pokémon. This may mean that they capture filthy Pokémon to remove them from the area. In the Battle Subway, they specialize in Pokémon sets meant for Double Battles, even in the Single Trains.

Appearance

Spr BW Janitor.png Spr B2W2 Janitor.png
Image from
Black and White
Image from
Black 2 and White 2

Pokéstar Studios

Spr B2W2 Haunted Janitor.png
Image as Haunted Man from
the Ghost Eraser Series

Trainer list

Pokémon Black/White


Pokémon Black 2/White 2


In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Black and White meet Janitor Geoff on the Skyarrow Bridge after being attacked by a mysterious Pokémon on their way to Castelia City. After a quick battle, Geoff reveals that he is the president of the Battle Company, and that the Pokémon that had attacked them was the legendary Virizion.

Pokémon

Geoff's Trubbish
Trubbish
Trubbish the first Pokémon that Geoff is seen to own. It is used to battle Black and used its terrible smell to prevent his Pokémon from getting close to it. It was eventually defeated by Black's Tep when it covered its nose to block the smell.

Trubbish's only known move is Acid Spray.

Debut A Direct Attack and a Daunting Defense
Geoff's Cinccino

Geoff's Cinccino
Minccino → Cinccino
Cinccino the second Pokémon that Geoff is seen to own that he's owned since it was a Minccino. It is used to help Geoff clean the bridge with its tail and was used to battle Black. Its fur prevented it from being hurt by Electric-type moves but was defeated once Black devised a technique to get around it.

Cinccino's only known move is Tail Slap.

Debut A Direct Attack and a Daunting Defense

Trivia

  • Janitor Geoff in Pokémon Black and White gives an Exp. Share as a reward for being defeated in addition to the reward money. He says that as the president of the Battle Company, it is his duty. He also says he likes observing his employees while disguised.
  • The Janitor Trainer class is one of two classes who give out different amounts of monetary awards, with the other being the Clerk ♂ class. However, this is due to one Janitor being a company president in disguise, and the rest of the class are real janitors, obviously creating a fiscal mismatch between the two. On the other hand, the Clerk ♂ class has their socio-economic status divided by their sprites.

In other languages

Language Title
Germany Flag.png German Hausmeister
Italy Flag.png Italian Netturbino
Spain Flag.png Spanish Limpiador



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