Gold (Special)

Gold ゴールド Gold
Gold
Age	13 (as of the fifth chapter)
Gender	Male
Hometown	New Bark Town
Region	Johto
Relatives	Mom
Class	Trainer, Breeder

Gold (Japanese: ゴールド Gold) is the fifth main character of the manga series Pokémon Special. His starter Pokémon is a Cyndaquil which he "borrowed" from Professor Elm; what his actual first Pokémon was is not clear, since he grew up in a house full of Pokémon. His neighbors in New Bark Town refer to his family as the "House of Pokémon". He likes playing billiards, but sometimes he may use his Pokémon to cheat. His favorite idol/DJ is DJ Mary from the Goldenrod Radio Station.

He usually wears a pair of goggles and travels on a scooter. Instead of throwing/kicking his Poké Balls, he uses a billiard cue to shoot them out. Gold's hobbies include gambling, skateboarding, and trying foods from different cities. Prof. Oak noted that while Red had some odd habits, Gold is much more immature and mischeivious.

Gold's special skill, as described by Professor Oak, is Pokémon hatching and is known as the "Breeder" (孵す者 Breeder). He has the ability to draw out the largest potential of a baby Pokémon, having lived with Pokémon his whole life.

At the end of the GSC saga, Gold goes to train with Red on Mt. Silver. Later, during the Emerald saga, he bonds with Emerald, likely due to their mutual mischevious natures.

Pokémon

This list is updated to Volume 29, the end of the Emerald Saga.

On hand

→ → Cyndaquil → Quilava → Typhlosion "Explotaro" ♂			→ → Poliwag → Poliwhirl → Politoed "Poltaro" ♂
→ Pichu ♂			→ Sunkern → Sunflora "Sintaro" ♀
Aipom "Ataro" ♂		Sudowoodo "Utaro" ♂		Mantine "Mantaro" ♂

Remoraid (multiple, attached to his Mantine for flight)

In box

→ Togepi "Totaro" ♂

• Totaro - Hatched from the egg of Jasmine's Togetic.

At home

Lickitung	Sandshrew	Oddish
Drowzee	Krabby	Chansey
Weedle	Exeggcute	Kakuna

Status unknown

Murkrow

This Pokémon was caught by Gold but was not listed in the all character Pokémon listings in the end of Volume 15. It has not been seen since then, so it is possible that it was released.

Formerly owned

Teddiursa

→ Seadra → Kingdra

Chinchou

Raikou

• Teddiursa - Caught for Kurt's granddaughter Maisy.
• Kingdra - Returned to Silver for Politoed.
• Chinchou - Caught to avoid being shocked and shortly released.
• Raikou - Helped out Gold in the final battle.

In other languages

Trivia

• Gold was the only character introduced without a major goal that he desires to achieve, although Blue now falls into this category now that she has found her parents.
• Gold's Mantine knows how to use Fly. However, in the games, Mantine cannot learn it.
• Gold's birthday is July 21st.
• Gold's bloodtype is B.

External links

On Bulbagarden forums

• The Gold Club

This article is part of Project Manga, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each series of Pokémon manga.