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Sage ぼうず Monk
Front sprite from HeartGold and SoulSilver
Other names
Introduced in	Generation II
Appears in	Gold, Silver, and Crystal HeartGold and SoulSilver Stadium 2
Gender	Male
Counterpart	{{{counterpart}}}
Notable members	LiGSC
Anime debut
TCG debut	Undaunted
TCG card	Sage's Training
Manga debut	Bellsprout Rout (Adventures)

A Sage (Japanese: ぼうず Monk) is a type of Pokémon Trainer that first debuted in the core series Generation II games. They appear to be Buddhist monks who are mostly only found in Johto's Sprout Tower, Ecruteak Gym and Ecruteak City.

They generally use Bellsprout and Hoothoot. The ones in Ecruteak Gym use Gastly and Haunter.

Three additional Sages found exclusively in Crystal are collectively called the Wise Trio (Japanese: ３にんしゅう group of 3 men).

In the main series Generation II games, their sprites were edited outside of Japan and Korea, presumably due to Nintendo's policy at the time of removing all religious references in games that they published. This happened again with HeartGold and SoulSilver but only in the Korean version, where the prayer beads were removed, the robes slightly recolored and a red robe on their left shoulder added. Also, their title is changed from Monk (Korean: 중) to Ascetic (Korean: 수행자). This latter edit was not done for other localizations.

Li, the oldest of all Sages who is found at the top of Sprout Tower, is referred to as an Elder. This has become a Trainer class of its own in HeartGold and SoulSilver.

Appearance

Sprite from Gold and Silver (JP/KO)	Sprite from Gold, Silver, and Crystal (international)	Sprite from HeartGold and SoulSilver (JP/INT)	Sprite from HeartGold and SoulSilver (KO)	Portrait from Stadium 2
Overworld sprite from Gold, Silver, and Crystal		Overworld sprite from HeartGold and SoulSilver

Trainer list

Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
Sage Chow	Initial battle	$96	Lv.3	Lv.3	Lv.3	-------	-------	-------
Sage Edmond	Initial battle	$96	Lv.3	Lv.3	Lv.3	-------	-------	-------
Sage Jeffrey	Initial battle	$704	Lv.22	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Sage Jin	Initial battle	$192	Lv.6	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Sage Li	Initial battle	$320	Lv.7	Lv.10	Lv.7	-------	-------	-------
Sage Neal	Initial battle	$192	Lv.6	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Sage Nico	Initial battle	$96	Lv.3	Lv.3	Lv.3	-------	-------	-------
Sage Ping	Initial battle	$512	Lv.16	Lv.16	Lv.16	Lv.16	Lv.16	-------
Sage Troy	Initial battle	$224	Lv.7	Lv.7	-------	-------	-------	-------
Sage GakuC	Initial battle	$1024	Lv.32	Lv.32	-------	-------	-------	-------
Sage KojiC	Initial battle	$1024	Lv.32	Lv.32	-------	-------	-------	-------
Sage MasaC	Initial battle	$1024	Lv.32	Lv.32	-------	-------	-------	-------

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
Sage Chow	Initial battle	$144	Lv.3	Lv.3	Lv.3	-------	-------	-------
Sage Edmond	Initial battle	$144	Lv.3	Lv.3	Lv.3	-------	-------	-------
Sage Jin	Initial battle	$288	Lv.6	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Sage Neal	Initial battle	$288	Lv.6	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Sage Nico	Initial battle	$144	Lv.3	Lv.3	-------	-------	-------	-------
Sage Troy	Initial battle	$336	Lv.7	Lv.7	-------	-------	-------	-------

Pokémon Stadium 2

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
Sage Ty	Initial battle	$----	Lv.100	Lv.100	Lv.100	Lv.100	Lv.100	Lv.100
	First rematch	$----	Lv.100	Lv.100	Lv.100	Lv.100	Lv.100	Lv.100

In the anime

Sigourney

Sigourney from Claydol Big and Tall refers to himself as a Sage, even though his design is notably different from the Sages seen in the games.

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures

The Sages in Pokémon Adventures

The Sages appear at the Sprout Tower and they are named Chow (Japanese: モクネン Mokunen), Nico (Japanese: チンネン Chinnen), Edmond (Japanese: エイソウ Eisō), Jin (Japanese: ソウネン Sōnen), Neal (Japanese: カクネン Kakunen) and Troy (Japanese: カイネン Kainen), respectively known as Peaceful, Mindful, Faithful, Careful, Painful and Thoughtful in the Chuang Yi version. When they see Gold coming to the Sprout Tower, they want to recruit him to be one of them, with the name "Nanyanen" (Awful in the Chuang Yi version). However, Gold refuses as he needs to find the Totodile thief and the Sages have the Bellsprout attack him. The Bellsprout are able to weaken Aibo but get burnt by Exbo.

Pokémon

		Bellsprout (×6)
		The Sages each own a Bellsprout. Due to Gold's refusal of joining them, the Bellsprout battle him. They were able to weaken Aibo but get burnt by Exbo in the process. Bellsprout's known moves are Swords Dance, Cut, and Reflect.
Debut	Bellsprout Rout

In the TCG

This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring a Sage in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Sage Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Sage's Training	Su	Undaunted		85/95	Reviving Legends		075/080
					Steelix Constructed Standard Deck		016/019
		Call of Legends

Other names

Language Title Finnish Tietäjä French Sage German Weiser Italian Saggio Korean 중 JungGS 수행자 SuhaengjaHGSS Spanish Pensador

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