Sage (Trainer class)

If you were looking for the members of Team Plasma, see Seven Sages.

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

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

Three additional Sages found in Pokémon Crystal are called the Wise Trio.

In 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. This happened again in Generation IV, only in the Korean version, removing the prayer beads and slightly recoloring their robes, this time adding a red robe on their left shoulder. Also, their title is changed from Monk to Ascetic (수행자). The edit is not present in American and European versions.

Older members of Sage class are called Elders. This has become a separate Trainer class in Generation IV.

Appearance

File:GSCSageJP.png	File:GSC Sage.png		File:HGSS Sage.png	File:HGSS Sage Ko.png
Image from Gold and Silver (JP and KO)	Image from Gold, Silver, and Crystal	Image from Stadium 2	Image from HeartGold and SoulSilver	Ascetic image from HeartGold and SoulSilver (KO)

Trainer list

Pokémon Gold/Silver

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	-------	-------	-------	-------
Sage Ping	Initial battle	$512	Lv.16	Lv.16	Lv.16	Lv.16	-------	-------
Sage Troy	Initial battle	$224	Lv.7	Lv.7	-------	-------	-------	-------

Pokémon Crystal

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
Sage Gaku	Initial battle	$1024	Lv.32	Lv.32	-------	-------	-------	-------
Sage Koji	Initial battle	$1024	Lv.32	Lv.32	-------	-------	-------	-------
Sage Masa	Initial battle	$1024	Lv.32	Lv.32	-------	-------	-------	-------

Pokémon HeartGold/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	-------	-------	-------	-------

In the anime

Sigourney

The White Sage

In Claydol Big and Tall two Sages make an appearance. Sigourney calls himself the "town Sage" and mentions another "white Sage" when telling the tale of the giant Claydol.

In the TCG

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

Name	Type	Rarity	Set	Set no.
Sage's Training	Su		Undaunted	77/90

In other languages

Language Title Finnish Tietäjä French Sage German Weiser Italian Saggio Korean 중 (Jung) (II) 수행자 (Suhaengja) (IV) Spanish Pensador

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