Danny

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Danny
ダン Dan
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Danny
Gender Male
Eye color Black
Hair color Auburn
Hometown Navel Island
Region Orange Islands
Trainer class Gym Leader
Leader of Navel Gym
Badge Sea Ruby Badge
Challenge Bobsled race
Anime debut Navel Maneuvers
English voice actor Jim Malone
Japanese voice actor Yasunori Matsumoto

Danny (Japanese: ダン Dan) is the Gym Leader of the Navel Island's Gym, known officially as the Navel Gym. He hands out the Sea Ruby Badge to Trainers who defeat him.

History

Danny was the second Gym Leader Ash encountered in the Orange Archipelago, in Navel Maneuvers. He did not simply battle Ash, however; instead, he challenged Ash to work with his Pokémon in order to win the Badge. Initially, Danny and Ash had to climb a mountain without the aid of any of their Pokémon. The next challenge was to freeze a geyser the quickest, and Danny's Nidoqueen won over Ash's Lapras. Next, Ash and Danny each chose three Pokémon to build a bobsled from a frozen geyser jet, with Ash winning the round.

The final challenge was a race down the mountain and to the beach using their new bobsleds and the use of three Pokémon each. Team Rocket interrupted the bobsled race, trapping Ash and Danny in a pitfall trap and attempting to steal Pikachu. However, Danny called out his Electrode, which sent Team Rocket blasting off and recovered Pikachu in the process. Afterwards, he and Ash continued the race, with Ash narrowly winning. With two of three of the rounds awarded to Ash, Danny presented him with the Badge.

He reappeared in flashbacks in A Way Off Day Off and Hello, Pummelo!.

Character

Danny enjoys the outdoors, especially activities like windsurfing and mountaineering. His charm and maturity instantly attracts girls, including Misty, who quickly developed a crush on Danny. Danny likes to remain quiet on his position as the Gym Leader and instead prefers to observe his challenger first.

Pokémon


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This is a listing of Danny's known Pokémon in the anime.

Danny's Nidoqueen
Nidoqueen
Danny's Nidoqueen was used by him during the first challenge against Ash. Using Ice Beam, she was able to quickly freeze the water coming out of the geyser in order to beat Lapras. Nidoqueen's physical strength was then used to help carve out a sled from Danny's slab of ice in the second challenge.

She reappeared in flashbacks in A Way Off Day Off and Hello, Pummelo!.

Nidoqueen's only known move is Ice Beam.

Debut Navel Maneuvers!
Danny's Machoke
Machoke
Danny's Machoke was only seen during the second challenge against Ash, where it helped to carve a sled from the ice that Nidoqueen froze earlier.

It reappeared in a flashback in Hello, Pummelo!.

None of Machoke's moves are known.

Debut Navel Maneuvers!
Voice actors
Japanese
English Eric Stuart
Danny's Scyther
Scyther
Scyther was the only one of Danny's Pokémon to be in both the second and third challenges. It first helped carve the block ice into a sled after which it then helped steer that sled in the race down the mountain.

It reappeared in flashbacks in A Way Off Day Off and Hello, Pummelo!.

Scyther's only known move is Cut.

Debut Navel Maneuvers!
Voice actors
Japanese
English Eric Stuart
Danny's Electrode
Electrode
Electrode was one of Danny's Pokémon that was used during the third challenge, the race down the mountain. It used its weight to help steer and it also used Explosion to ward off Team Rocket.

It reappeared in flashbacks in A Way Off Day Off and Hello, Pummelo!.

Electrode's only known move is Explosion.

Debut Navel Maneuvers!
Voice actors
Japanese
English Eric Stuart
Danny's Geodude
Geodude
Geodude was only seen during the race down the mountain. Besides using its weight to help steer the sled, Geodude also had a powerful throw in the snowball fight to defend against Team Rocket.

It reappeared in flashbacks in A Way Off Day Off and Hello, Pummelo!.

None of Geodude's moves are known.

Debut Navel Maneuvers!
Voice actors
Japanese
English Michael Haigney

Voice actors

Language Voice actor
Japanese 松本保典 Yasunori Matsumoto
English Jim Malone
Arabic عادل أبو حسون Adel Abo Hassoon
European French Laurent Vernin
Hebrew שלמה שליו Shlomo Shalev
Norwegian Trond Teigen
Polish Robert Ostolski
Brazilian Portuguese Silvio Giraldi
Spanish Latin America Yamil Atala
Spain Jesús Maniega


Trivia

Danny in his Geodude shirt
  • Danny has a shirt with Geodude prints on it.
  • Danny is the only regular Gym Leader of the Orange Crew not to have a family member revealed.

Names

Language Name Origin
Japanese ダン Dan
English Danny Similar to Japanese name.
Korean 호남 Honam
Chinese (Mandarin) 小丹 Xiǎo Dān Transliteration of his Japanese name. 丹 dān also means red.


Orange League
Mikan Gym Coral-Eye Badge
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Gym Leader
Cissy
Navel Gym Sea Ruby Badge
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Gym Leader
Danny
Trovita Gym Spike Shell Badge
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Gym Leader
Rudy
Kumquat Gym Jade Star Badge
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Gym Leader
Luana
Pummelo Stadium WinnerTrophy.png
Drake
Supreme Gym Leader
Drake


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