Archie

Archie アオギリ Aogiri
Artwork from R/S/E
Gender	Male
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Hoenn
Relatives	Unknown
Class	Aqua Leader
Generation	III
Games	Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald
Team	Team Aqua
Rank	Boss
First episode	Gaining Groudon
English voice actor	Sean Schemmel
Japanese voice actor	Masaki Aizawa

Archie (Japanese: アオギリ Aogiri) is the head of Team Aqua. He is the only character in the games to have the Trainer class Aqua Leader (Japanese: アクアだんリーダー Team Aqua Leader).

In the games

In Pokémon Ruby Archie helps the player against Team Magma. He doesn't have an active role in the storyline and can't be battled.

In Pokémon Sapphire he first appears in the Oceanic Museum in Slateport City, trying to steal the Devon Goods from Captain Stern. Later, Team Aqua members steal a Meteorite from Professor Cozmo and try to turn Mt. Chimney into a lake. Then, after Shelly raids the Weather Institute, Archie steals the Red Orb from Mt. Pyre. Later, he and the Team Aqua members turn up in Slateport again as Captain Stern announces a discovery he has made about a seafloor cavern. Team Aqua promptly steals the Submarine Explorer 1 that Captain Stern has built and goes for the Seafloor Cavern to awaken Kyogre.

In Pokémon Emerald, he also appears in the Oceanic Museum in Slateport City as the player delivers the Devon Goods to Captain Stern, just like in Sapphire.

Then Archie tries to stop Team Magma at Meteor Falls and Mt. Chimney. Later in the game, he steals again both the Red Orb and the Submarine Explorer 1 and awakens Kyogre another time.

Pokémon

In the games he appears in, Archie battles with the following Pokémon:

Pokémon Sapphire

First battle

The first time Archie is battled is on the crater of Mt. Chimney, after Aqua Admin Matt and an Aqua grunt.

2000 Aqua Leader Archie Sapphire Mt. Chimney

Mightyena ♂ Lv.24  Dark  Held item: None Ability: Intimidate Moves Tackle Normal Howl Normal Sand-Attack Ground Bite Dark Golbat ♂ Lv.24  Poison  Flying  Held item: None Ability: Inner Focus Moves Supersonic Normal Astonish Ghost Bite Dark Wing Attack Flying Sharpedo ♂ Lv.25  Water  Dark  Held item: None Ability: Rough Skin Moves Crunch Dark Focus Energy Normal Rage Normal Scary Face Normal

Second battle

3440 Aqua Leader Archie Sapphire Seafloor Cavern

Mightyena ♂ Lv.41  Dark  Held item: None Ability: Intimidate Moves Roar Normal Swagger Normal Scary Face Normal Take Down Normal Crobat ♂ Lv.41  Poison  Flying  Held item: None Ability: Inner Focus Moves Bite Dark Wing Attack Flying Confuse Ray Ghost Air Cutter Flying Sharpedo ♂ Lv.43  Water  Dark  Held item: None Ability: Rough Skin Moves Screech Normal Slash Normal Taunt Dark Swagger Normal

Pokémon Emerald

3440 Aqua Leader Archie Emerald Seafloor Cavern

Mightyena ♂ Lv.41  Dark  Held item: None Ability: Intimidate Moves Scary Face Normal Swagger Normal Take Down Normal Roar Normal Crobat ♂ Lv.41  Poison  Flying  Held item: None Ability: Inner Focus Moves Confuse Ray Ghost Bite Dark Wing Attack Flying Air Cutter Flying Sharpedo ♂ Lv.43  Water  Dark  Held item: None Ability: Rough Skin Moves Screech Normal Slash Normal Taunt Dark Swagger Normal

In the anime

Aqua Boss Archie

Archie appeared in Gaining Groudon and The Scuffle of Legends. During the events, he becomes possessed by the power of the Red Orb, much like Pikachu and the Blue Orb. His only concern from that point is to raise the sea, even if it meant drowning all of his Team Aqua members.

Pokémon

Controlled

Kyogre

Possessed

Groudon

Voice actors

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Archie is one of the devious villains of Hoenn. His identity is a secret, and he works as the head of Hoenn TV, which made him the boss of Gabby & Ty. Using his position as the master of the region's media, Archie was able to cover up Team Aqua's actions and air anti-Team Magma propaganda.

He ensures that Team Aqua's missions are carried out in top secret, and eliminates any evidence of their attacks. The only major feat they have accomplished is stealing the prototype engine for the Submarine Explorer 1; however, this was the only thing really essential to their plans. When Maxie obtained the Blue Orb, Amber's Volbeat stole it from them and gave it to him.

After Rayquaza interrupted the battle between Groudon and Kyogre, Archie and Maxie went insane and attempted to destroy those who interfered with their plans. Archie used his Tentacruel to pull Courtney into the Cave Of Origin, suffocate Ruby and hold Winona hostage when Wallace tried to save Ruby. Archie stomped on Ruby's Feebas, Mimi, and mocked it for being weak and ugly.

In recent chapters of the Emerald chapter he was under an alias known as Guile Hideout.

Pokémon

The following are Archie's Pokémon in the Pokémon Adventures manga:

Tentacruel

Starmie ×8

Walrein

Owned

Kyogre

At Team Aqua's HQ

Qwilfish	Mantine	Goldeen
Magikarp	Remoraid	Chinchou
Shellder	Sharpedo	Huntail
Corsola	Barboach	Tentacruel

In the TCG

Archie appears in EX Team Magma vs Team Aqua set.

Trivia

• Despite being the leader of Team Aqua, an organization with water-central goals, none of his Pokémon in the games can learn a single Water-type move through level-up.
  • In fact, the only Water-type he uses is only a half water-type.
• Archie's plans in the Emerald chapter of Pokémon Adventures are very similar to the plans of Butler in Jirachi: Wish Maker.
• Archie is currently the only Crime Syndicate Boss to not have an explanation as to why he owns a Master Ball (Maxie, Team Magma boss, canonically doesn't own a Master Ball, as revealed in Emerald, and Cyrus is implied to have received the Master Ball from Charon in Platinum.)

Names

External links

• Aogiri's Profile on Pokeani (Japanese)

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