PI (Trainer class)

PI ギャンブラー Gambler
PI sprite from Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum
Other names	Gambler (Generation I) Gamer (Generation III)
Introduced in	Generation I
Appears in	Red, Blue, and Yellow FireRed and LeafGreen Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver
Gender	Male
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Anime debut	[[]]
TCG debut	Fossil
TCG Card	Gambler
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A Gambler, Gamer, or PI (Japanese: ギャンブラー Gambler) is a type of Pokémon Trainer that first debuted in the Generation I games. They are generally depicted as old men with dice and a dice cup. In Generation IV, they are young men in trenchcoats with coins.

In the past, they were known as Gamblers, but this was changed to Gamer in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen. This occasionally caused slight problems, such as in FireRed and LeafGreen when a Gamer describes himself as a "rambling, gaming dude" instead of a "rambling, gambling dude." In the English releases of Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, they are called PIs, likely because of the trenchcoat's stereotypical association with detectives allowing for easy censorship, but all their dialogue still revolves around gambling. PIs can also appear in Johto's Battle Frontier.

They use various Pokémon, but tend to rely on luck rather than skill. They mostly use one-hit KO moves such as Horn Drill, along with moves that also knock out the user but not always the opponent, such as Explosion.

Appearance

A Gambler from Red and Blue	A Gamer from FireRed and LeafGreen	A PI from Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver

Trainer List

Pokémon Red/Blue/Yellow

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
Gambler	Initial battle	1296	Lv.18	Lv.18	-------	-------	-------	-------
Gambler	Initial battle	1296	Lv.18	Lv.18	-------	-------	-------	-------
Gambler	Initial battle	1296	Lv.18	Lv.18	-------	-------	-------	-------
Gambler	Initial battle	1296	Lv.18	Lv.18	-------	-------	-------	-------
Gambler	Initial battle	1680	Lv.24	Lv.24	-------	-------	-------	-------
Gambler	Initial battle	1540	Lv.22	Lv.22	Lv.22	-------	-------	-------

Pokémon FireRed/LeafGreen

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
Gamer Darian	Initial battle	1296	Lv.18	Lv.18	-------	-------	-------	-------
Gamer Dirk	Initial battle	1296	Lv.18	Lv.18	-------	-------	-------	-------
Gamer Hugo	Initial battle	1296	Lv.18	Lv.18	-------	-------	-------	-------
Gamer Jasper	Initial battle	1296	Lv.18	Lv.18	-------	-------	-------	-------
Gamer Rich	Initial battle	1728	Lv.24	Lv.24	-------	-------	-------	-------
Gamer Stan	Initial battle	1584	Lv.22	Lv.22	Lv.22	-------	-------	-------

Pokémon Diamond/Pearl

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
PI Carlos	Initial battle	2760	Lv.23	Lv.23	Lv.23	-------	-------	-------
	First rematch		Lv.36	Lv.37	Lv.38	-------	-------	-------
	Second rematch		Lv.56	Lv.57	Lv.58	-------	-------	-------
PI Kendrick (Tag battle)	Initial battle	7856	Lv.22	Lv.22	-------	-------	-------	-------

Pokémon Platinum

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
PI Carlos (Rematch)	Initial battle	3600	Lv.30	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
PI Kendrick (Tag battle)	Initial battle	5176	Lv.31	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------

In the TCG

There is a card called Gambler in the Fossil expansion of the TCG. It causes the user to shuffle their hand into their deck, then, depending on the flip of a coin, they draw either 1 or 8 cards.

In other languages

Language Title Dutch Gokker (TCG) French Croupier German Spieler Italian Rischiatutto Korean 갬블러 (Gambler) Spanish Jugador (I) Jugón (III / IV)

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