Primo

Poké Dude redirects here. For the Pokémon Daisuki Club card of the same name, see Poké Dude. For the character who teaches players how to catch Pokémon in Generation II, see Dude.

Primo ハジメ Hajime
Primo's artwork from Pokémon Daisuki Club website
Gender	Male
Hometown	Unknown, possibly Viridian City
Region	Kanto and Johto
Relatives	Old man (grandfather), Maximo (younger twin brother)
Trainer class	Poké Dude
Generation	III, IV
Games	FireRed and LeafGreen, HeartGold and SoulSilver

Primo (Japanese: ハジメ Hajime) is a non-player character that appears in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen and Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.

In Generation III, his real name is not mentioned, and Primo is known simply as the Poké Dude (Japanese: テレビのおにいさん Television Dude). His name is revealed when he appears in Generation IV. Primo is the grandson of the old man in Viridian City who teaches the player how to catch Pokémon in Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow and gives the Teachy TV in FireRed and LeafGreen.

Outside of the games themselves, Primo is the face of Pokémon Daisuki Club website's subsection on Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.

In the games

Generation III

Primo in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

Primo appears in FireRed and LeafGreen as the host of the Poké Dude Show (renamed "The Show Me Show" in Generation IV). This television show broadcast on the Teachy TV and is aimed at Trainers who have just begun their Pokémon journeys. Primo instructs the player on six key gameplay elements:

• how to battle
• what a status ailment is
• what type matchups are
• how to catch Pokémon
• what TMs are
• how to register an item

The Poké Dude Show is filmed on Route 1.

Generation IV

Primo in HeartGold and SoulSilver

At some point between Generations III and IV, Primo moved from Kanto to Johto. In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, he is first found in Violet City's Pokémon Center. If the player tells him a secret combination of words there (using the easy chat system), he will give him or her a new wallpaper for their PC boxes or a Pokémon egg. Each combination differs from between games and is dependent on the Trainer ID number of the game. The egg given can either hatch into a Mareep, Wooper, or a Slugma. The passwords can be retrieved from the Daisuki Club website or Filb.de's secret phrase generator.

Primo will sometimes compete in the Power course of the Pokéathlon near National Park.

Pokémon

Teachy TV

Poké Dude Route 1 FireRed and LeafGreen Professor and Professor Poké Dude Oak Route 1 FireRed and LeafGreen Reward: None

Type:   Bug   Types:   Bug     Flying   Ability: Compoundeyes Held item: None Butterfree♂ Lv.15 Confusion Psychic   --       Stun Spore Grass   --       Sleep Powder Grass   --       PoisonPowder Poison   --       Type:   Normal   Types:   Normal     Unknown   Ability: Cute Charm Held item: None Jigglypuff♂ Lv.11 Pound Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Type:   Normal   Types:   Normal     Unknown   Ability: Unknown Held item: None Rattata♂ Lv.15 Tackle Normal   --       Hyper Fang Normal   --       Quick Attack Normal   --       Tail Whip Normal   --       Type:   Water   Types:   Water     Unknown   Ability: Unknown Held item: None Poliwag♂ Lv.15 Bubble Water   --       Water Gun Water   --       Hypnosis Psychic   --       Struggle Normal   --

Pokéathlon

	Power  Course Supreme Cup
Machamp  Power
Rhydon  Power
Granbull  Power

Given away (as eggs)

Type:   Electric   Types:   Electric     Unknown   Ability: Static Held item: None Mareep Lv.1 Tackle Normal Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

Type:   Water   Types:   Water     Ground   Ability: Unknown Held item: None Wooper Lv.1 Water Gun Water Special   --       Tail Whip Normal Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

Type:   Fire   Types:   Fire     Unknown   Ability: Unknown Held item: None Slugma Lv.1 Yawn Normal Status   --       Smog Poison Special   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

The genders and abilities of the hatched Pokémon are random.

TMs

TM Case

TM01 (Focus Punch) ×1  TM03 (Water Pulse) ×1  TM09 (Bullet Seed) ×1  TM35 (Flamethrower) ×1

Quotes

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

• Start of the show

"Hey, all you Trainers out there! HELLO, TRAINERS! ...Come on, let me hear you! HELLO, TRAINERS! It's me, the Poké Dude!"

• Before moving to a particular aspect of the show

"All righty, here goes! Keep your eyes glued to the super Poké Dude Show!"

• End of the show

"Remember, Trainers, a good deed a day brings happiness to stay!"

In the TCG

This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring the Primo (as the Poké Dude) or his Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Trivia

• Hironobu Yoshida once performed in a live-action version of Teachy TV, dressing up as the Poké Dude to present it. Depictions of him in various poses form the basis for the illustration for the Poké Dude promotional card.
• He, the old man, and Dude are the only NPCs to receive a back sprite, but not a front one.

In other languages

This game character article is part of Project CharacterDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in the Pokémon games.