Silver (Adventures)

Silver シルバー Silver
Silver
Age	13 (as of the fifth chapter)
Gender	Male
Hometown	Viridian City (presumably)
Region	Kanto (presumably)
Relatives	Giovanni (father)
Class	Trainer

Silver (Japanese: シルバー Silver) is the sixth main character of the manga series Pokémon Adventures. His first Pokémon was a Sneasel. As a child, he was kidnapped and raised by the evil Masked Man, where he met and became close with Green. Together they escaped, and Silver went to Johto, where he later stole Professor Elm's Totodile. This is similar to the way Green stole Professor Oak's Squirtle upon her return.

Silver's special skill, as described by Professor Oak, is Pokémon trading and is known as the "Exchanger" (換える者 Exchanger).

Silver is based on the rival character of the same name in the Generation II and Generation IV games.

Character history

Past

As revealed in the FireRed & LeafGreen chapter, Silver is the son of Team Rocket boss Giovanni. As a young child, Silver was kidnapped by the Masked Man to serve under him. It was there that he met and befriended Green, and together they escaped from the Masked Man and parted ways, but before, Silver gave Green his Horsea and Blue gave her Snubbull.

Pre-Debut

Silver had several cameos before he was formally introduced. He was the one who told Green of Lance's plan to summon a bird and they both believed that it was the Ho-Oh that kidnapped them as children, making Blue think that the Elite Four was behind her kidnapping. It was, in fact, a Lugia so Silver was technically wrong and Green had decided to meet back up with him in Johto.

Gold, Silver & Crystal chapter

In his quest to take down the Masked Man and Team Rocket, Silver allied himself with Lance and stole a Totodile from Professor Elm's lab. In stealing the Pokémon, Silver made himself a rival in Gold, who thought that he was the one who stole his backpack that had all of his Pokémon in it and later because of his theft of Totodile. Before they could finish their first battle which had taken place at Professor Elm's lab right after Silver stole Totodile, Gold was knocked unconscious by several members of Team Rocket, who Silver subsequently defeated and disappeared. During the battle Gold was able to burn his hand making him throw one of his gloves off, and Gold learned from the name emblazoned in the glove that the boys name was Silver. Gold then tried to track him down for a while after learning from Professor Oak that Silver stole a Pokédex as well.

Silver then goes to Violet City and talks to Lance in the Sprout Tower, running into Gold along the way and almost losing Totodile, until it was revealed that Totodile actually wants to stay with Silver and it bit Gold when he tried to get it back. After Explotaro and Totodile escape a big ironball by Explotaro heating it up and then Totodile cooling it down so it would shatter, Silver disappeared again, with Totodile evolving into Croconaw.

Silver than takes a Black Apricorn to Kurt who makes a Heavy Ball for him, saying that he only gives his balls to trainers he feels are qualified an that Silver is good enough. Silver used this Heavy Ball to capture and Ursaring. However Gold ran into him while he was in the middle of the capture. Gold got in his way several times like when Ataro ran into Silver and made him drop his Heavy Ball. Silver then told Gold how to properly use Kurt's Balls. He stated that every Pokémon has a point that the trainer must hit with the ball in order for it t work, for Teddiursa, the crescent moon on its forehead and for Ursaring, its belly. Gold re-payed Silver by using his Friend Ball and Billiard Cue to knock back Silver's Heavy Ball and they were both able to catch their targets. Silver then, once again, disappeared. He then appeared at the Slowpoke Well in the middle of Team Rocket's Slowpoke Tail scam and defeated all of the Grunts single-handedly. Ursaring's claw marks were seen on one part of the well so people quickly realized that it was him.

Silver then appears in Ecruteak City, looking over the damage from the air with his Murkrow. Jasmine's Amphy's flare then caught Silver's attention and he found her in the Tin Tower and decided to help her, only to run into Gold who thought he did harm to her instead. Before Gold could spark a battle, Silver just handed her over to him and left. However a mudslide left them trapped in the tower but Silver got Gold's Poltaro to evolve into a Politoed and get then out right before they drowned in the silt, only to find out Team Rocket was the cause of the Earthquake. Once Silver and Gold defeat the grunts they retreat and Gold requests a battle, to which Silver accepts. After a long battle he reveals several new additions to his team, a Kingdra that evolved during the exchange with Politoed, and a Tyranitar that wasn't his and thereby, could not control.b He almost defeated Gold's whole team with it, but Totaro was able to defeat it, but Tyranitar did fall on it.

The two boys eventually realized they share a common goal, however, as Gold was also trying to defeat the Masked Man. Together, Gold and Silver battled the villain at the Lake of Rage. It was here that the Masked Man revealed Silver's past to Gold and how he was kidnapped by him as a child and Silver then gained Gold's sympathy and respect. The two bounced back but they were defeated, with their fates left unknown for a while.

It is later revealed they were in Whirl Islands, where they were found by Lt. Surge. They met Crystal and battled a Lugia that started attacking them, but failed to catch it. Silver then headed to the opening ceremony of the Pokémon League in an attempt to find the Masked Man, but Green teleported him away from there to save him.

In the final confrontation in Ilex Forest, Silver fought Will and won. Later, together with Gold and Crystal, he dove after Pryce into the time portal. The Pokédex holders made it out unharmed, but Pryce was stuck inside.

FireRed & LeafGreen chapter

In the fifth chapter, inspired by Green meeting her parents, Silver renews his quest to find the truth about his own past. This journey takes him to Viridian City, where he meets Yellow, who reads the mind of his Sneasel. Meanwhile, Silver's real father, Giovanni, is also heading to Viridian to reunite with Silver.

Although Silver is initially unhappy about his true heritage, Blue helps him realize that Giovanni has his qualities, and Silver uses his Ursaring to help rescue his father. In the end, however, one of Giovanni's underlings, Sird, turns Silver and his friends to statues with a beam intended for Deoxys.

Emerald chapter

Silver remains a statue for most of this chapter, and is only set free towards the end, when Emerald wishes Jirachi to do so. Along with the other Pokédex holders, Silver then joins the fight against Guile Hideout.

Pokémon

This list is updated to Volume 26, the end of the FRLG Saga.

On Hand

→→ Totodile → Croconaw → Feraligatr ♂			Sneasel ♂	Gyarados ♂
→→ Horsea → Seadra → Kingdra ♀			Murkrow ♂

With Giovanni

Ursaring ♂

Temporary

Tyranitar

→ Poliwhirl → Politoed

Snubbull

Entei

• Tyranitar - Borrowed from Lance.
• Politoed - Returned to Gold for Kingdra.
• Snubbull - Traded to Green for Horsea.
• Entei - Helped out Silver in the final battle.

Trivia

• Silver's birthday is December 24th.
• Silver's bloodtype is AB.

In other languages

External links

• Netkun on Silver (Japanese)

See also

• Giovanni

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