Thorton

Thorton ネジキ Neziki
Artwork from Platinum
Gender	Male
Hometown	Unknown
Region	SinnohPt JohtoHGSS
Trainer class	Factory Head (Frontier Brain)
Generation	IV, VIII, XI
Games	Platinum HeartGold and SoulSilver Masters EX
Commemorative print	Factory Print
Game animation debut	Pokémon Masters Animated Trailer
English voice actor	Jon Allen (Masters EX)
Japanese voice actor	Shōhei Komatsu (Masters EX)

Thorton (Japanese: ネジキ Neziki) is the Frontier Brain in charge of running the Battle Frontier's Battle Factory, acting under the title of Factory Head (Japanese: ファクトリーヘッド Factory Head).

In the core series games

Thorton is the Frontier Brain of the Battle Factory in the Sinnoh and Johto regions. It is suggested he is very intelligent, as he mentions inventing a machine that analyzes the player's Pokémon. If he is defeated he will hand over the Factory Print.

Pokémon

Like the player, he uses rental Pokémon. Therefore, all of his Pokémon are random for both the Gold and Silver Prints, so he can use any Pokémon except for those that are not admissible in the Battle Frontier; these include Mewtwo, Mew, Lugia, Ho-Oh, Celebi, Kyogre, Groudon, Rayquaza, Jirachi, Deoxys, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Phione, Manaphy, Darkrai, Shaymin, and Arceus.

In the spin-off games

Pokémon Masters EX

Main article: Thorton (Masters)

Thorton forms a sync pair with Bronzong and Magnezone in Pokémon Masters EX. Thorton became a playable sync pair since the game's release.

Dex	Trainer		NDex	Pokémon		Type	Weakness	Role	EX role	Base potential	Availability
#036		Thorton	#0437		Bronzong	Steel	Fire			★★★★☆☆EX	Sync Pair Scout
#036		Thorton	#0462		Magnezone	Steel	Fighting			★★★★★☆EX	Variety Sync Pair Scout

Quotes

Main article: Thorton/Quotes

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Thorton in Pokémon Adventures

Thorton first appears along with his fellow Frontier Brains, Palmer, Dahlia, and Argenta in a meeting; afterward they go back to their facilities. Thorton later appears at his facility, the Battle Factory, where he watches Platinum battle through it. Eventually, Platinum manages to get enough wins to allow her to challenge him and they begin battling.

Due to the rules of the Battle Factory, the two use rental Pokémon to Battle each other instead of their own Pokémon. Despite Thorton having much confidence in his battling skills and knowledge, Platinum proves superior to him in both categories, allowing her to defeat him. Angered at his defeat, Thorton throws a temper tantrum until Argenta snaps him out of it by slapping him in the face.

Later, he is given a Team Galactic camera robot that Riley obtained on Iron Island and is tasked with fixing it. Eventually, he succeeds, but is left exhausted in the process.

Pokémon

Rented

Tyranitar

Debut	Uprooting Seedot

Thorton's Tyranitar was used to battle Platinum at the Battle Factory. It proved powerful and its ability to create a sandstorm which made Platinum's Pokémon constantly take damage. Eventually, it was defeated by a double super-effective Focus Punch from Platinum's rental Kadabra.

None of Tyranitar's moves are known and its Ability is Sand Stream.

Ledian

Debut	Uprooting Seedot

Thorton's Ledian was used to battle Platinum at the Battle Factory. It managed to defeat Platinum's Loudred and helped Thorton's Ursaring by sending its stat upgrades to it. Eventually, it was defeated by the poisoning it received from the Poison Point of Platinum's Qwilfish.

Ledian's known moves are Supersonic, Focus Punch, Agility, and Baton Pass.

Ursaring

Debut	Outlasting Ledian

Thorton's Ursaring was used to battle Platinum at the Battle Factory. With the speed gained from Ledian's Baton Pass, it was able to easily defeat Platinum's rental Qwilfish. Later, it fought her rental Kadabra and was defeated when its energy was absorbed with a Drain Punch.

Ursaring's known moves are Earthquake and Focus Punch.

In the TCG

Thorton in the TCG

This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Thorton or his Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Thorton's Pokémon Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats.
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Electivire		Supreme Victors		4/147	Beat of the Frontier		038/100
Skarmory		Supreme Victors		83/147	Beat of the Frontier		066/100
Electivire LV.X		Supreme Victors		144/147	Beat of the Frontier		039/100
Other related cards
Card	Type	English Expansion	Rarity	#	Japanese Expansion	Rarity	#
Thorton	Su	Lost Origin		167/196	Lost Abyss		097/100
		Lost Origin		195/196	Lost Abyss		115/100
		Lost Origin		210/196	Lost Abyss		123/100

Gallery

For images of Thorton in Pokémon Masters EX, see: Thorton (Masters)

Artwork

Standard

Artwork for Platinum	Battle Frontier promotional artwork for Platinum

Game assets

Sprites and models

Sprite from Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver	VS sprite from Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver
Overworld sprite from Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver

Trivia

• In the English translations of the games, Thorton and Noland are the only Frontier Brains who share a Trainer class.
  • However, both Palmer and Anabel share the same class—Tower Tycoon—in the Japanese versions.
• Currently, Thorton has the highest amount of cards in the TCG of any Frontier Brain.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ネジキ Neziki	From 捩木 nejiki (staggerbush)
English	Thorton	From thorn
German	Distmar	From Distel (thistle)
Spanish	Espinal	From espina (thorn)
French	Cardus	From the genus Carduus (plumeless thistles)
Italian	Spino	From spina (thorn)
Korean	수철 Sucheol	From 소철 (蘇鐵) socheol (sago cycad)
Chinese (Mandarin)	捩木 Lièmù	From the Japanese name 捩木 Nejiki
Chinese (Cantonese)	捩木 Lihtmuhk
Vietnamese	Neziki	Transcription of his Japanese name
Brazilian Portuguese	Spino	From espinho (thorn)

Related articles

• Images on the Bulbagarden Archives

Sinnoh and Johto Battle Frontier
Battle Castle Castle Valet Darach	Battle Hall Hall Matron Argenta	Battle Tower Tower Tycoon Palmer	Battle Factory Factory Head Thorton	Battle Arcade Arcade Star Dahlia

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