Gold (Adventures)

Gold ゴールド Gold
Gold and Ataro
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 Adventures. 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. Professor Oak noted that while Red had some odd habits, Gold is much more immature and mischievous.

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.

Character history

Gold, Silver & Crystal chapter

During the first part of the third chapter, Gold is the main protagonist. He helps Joey on his way to Professor Elm's lab, and arrives there just as Silver is stealing Totodile. Gold tries to battle Silver with Elm's Cyndaquil, which he names Explotaro, but Silver gets away. Gold embarks on a journey that takes him up against Team Rocket and the mysterious villain known as the Mask of Ice. Gold and Silver realize that they share a common enemy and battle the Mask of Ice together at the Lake of Rage, but they're defeated, and their fates are left unknown for a while.

It is later revealed the two boys are in Whirl Islands, where they are found by Lt. Surge. They meet Crystal and battle a Lugia that starts attacking them, but Gold fails at catching it. Gold and Crystal then head to the opening ceremony of the Pokémon League, where all 16 Gym Leaders of Kanto and Johto have gathered, to try and determine which one of the Gym Leaders is the Mask of Ice. They battle Chermaine and Keane in the Control Room and end up winning, but locked in. The Mask of Ice then appears at the scene with both Lugia and Ho-Oh and starts wrecking havoc before heading to the shrine in Ilex Forest, where the final battle then takes place.

Gold battles the Mask of Ice and finds out his real identity. He then follows the villain back in time, and eventually manages to escape. At the end of the GSC saga, Gold goes to train under Red on Mt. Silver.

Emerald chapter

During the Emerald saga, Gold's mission, along with Crystal, Ruby, and Sapphire, is to help stop Guile Hideout and bring the petrified Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, and Silver out of their stone state. Along the way, Gold bonds with Emerald, likely due to their mutual mischievous natures.

Pokémon

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

Explotaro
	Main article: Explotaro Explotaro, Gold's Typhlosion, was the Pokémon Gold had received from Professor Elm. It gave Gold the upper hand while fighting the Mask of Ice at the end of the GSC arc. It debuted as a Cyndaquil in Sneaky Sneasel.

Ataro
	Main article: Ataro Ataro, Gold's Aipom, is one of the family Pokémon at Gold's home that he grew up with. Like Gold, Ataro is mischievous. Ataro's tail allows it to hold items and use many tricks and tactics in battle. It debuted in Murkrow Flies.

Utaro

Utaro, Gold's Sudowoodo, was captured whilst on a race around Goldenrod City with Whitney, the local gym leader. The two competitors soon reached an enormous tree, that neither of the trainers' Pokémon could move. Suddenly, a large Rhyhorn bursts out and Whitney stupidly tries to stop it, getting herself carried away by it. The strange tree reacted strangely to Poltaro's Water Gun attack and shrinks down to size. Gold then finds out that Sudowoodo was hiding from Rhyhorn and they go after it, defeating it and saving Whitney.

Sintaro
	Sintaro, Gold's Sunflora, was caught as a Sunkern in Sunshine Sunkern to launch Explotaro's Poké Ball high into the air to defeat a raging Skarmory, using her amazing jumping ability. Sintaro had also been the last one to touch its egg and is the apparent reason for Totaro hatching.

Poltaro

Main article: Poltaro Poltaro, Gold's Politoed, is one of the family Pokémon at Gold's home that he grew up with. When Team Rocket grunts stole Gold's backpack, containing the Poké Balls with Poltaro's it was washed away by the stream and ended up with a wild Granbull. It had hopes to evolving into a Poliwrath after seeing Red's Poliwrath but instead evolved into a Politoed. It debuted as a Poliwag in Murkrow Flies.

Mantaro
	Mantaro, Gold's Mantine, was a Pokémon saved by Gold around the Whirl Islands when Lugia was rampaging. When supported with the Remoraid, Mantaro can glide across the air, allowing Gold to travel aerially. It debuted in Lugia (Part II).

Remoraid
	Gold has multiple Remoraid that are attached to his Mantine for flight.

Pichu
	Gold's Pichu is the egg that Pika and Chuchu had bred. It hatches in The Last Battle XIV when Gold believes that Oak had no given him an ability which causes it to hatch. It uses the "Super Rising Thunder" attack and managed to crack the GS ball which helped Celebi. In the Emerald arc, it teamed up with its parents, Chuchu and Pikachu, to use Volt Tackle on the Kyogre created by Guile Hideout's wish.

In box

Totaro
	Gold looked after Totaro as an egg (which he nicknamed Eggy). Professor Elm wanted Gold to look after it. It is one of Gold's strongest Pokémon because of its violent nature. It pick up a lot of Gold's gambling habits whilst in its egg (Elm wasn't pleased). Togepi was only new-born when it defeated an adult Tyranitar (however it did get badly squashed). Debuted as an egg in My Chubby Teddiursa.

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 Green 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 blood type is B.

External links

• Netkun on Gold (Japanese)

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.