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He also gives a series of tasks, each with various rewards when they are completed:
He also gives a series of tasks, each with various rewards when they are completed:
* Use the Explorer Kit and go to The Underground
 
* Dig something out of the wall
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* Plant a [[Sphere]] in the ground
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* Dig a [[Secret Base]]
! style="background: #{{cynthia color light}}; {{roundytl|5px}}" | Task
* Decorate a [[Secret Base]]
! style="background: #{{cynthia color light}}; {{roundytr|5px}}" | Reward
* Capture a flag from another player's Secret Base
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* Capture five flags from another player's Secret Base
| Use the Explorer Kit and go to The Underground
* Capture ten flags from another player's Secret Base
| Move Trap (Up), Bubble Trap, Leaf Trap
* Capture fifty flags from another player's Secret Base
|- style="background: #FFFFFF;"
| Dig something out of the wall
| Prism Sphere 1, Red Sphere 1, Blue Sphere 1
|- style="background: #FFFFFF;"
| Plant a [[Sphere]] in the ground
| Digger Drill
|- style="background: #FFFFFF;"
| Dig a [[Secret Base]]
| Plain Table, Wooden Chair, Small Bookshelf, Buneary Doll
|- style="background: #FFFFFF;"
| Decorate a [[Secret Base]]
| Doll of your Starter (Turtwig, Chimchar or Piplup)
|- style="background: #{{bronze color}}"
| Capture a flag from another player's Secret Base
| Bronze flag, ability to remove three boulders, Base Upgrade (Up to 12 Decorations), Pretty Gem
|- style="background: #{{silver color}}"
| Capture three flags from another player's Secret Base
| Silver flag, ability to remove two more boulders, Base Upgrade (Up to 15 Decorations), Shiny Gem
|- style="background: #{{gold color}}"
| Capture ten flags from another player's Secret Base
| Gold flag, ability to remove five more boulders, Mystic Gem, and a radar that shows the locations
of treasure, buried spheres and traps for the whole underground map.
|-
| style="background: #{{platinum color}}; {{roundybl|5px}}" | Capture fifty flags from another player's Secret Base
| style="background: #{{platinum color}}; {{roundybr|5px}}" | Platinum flag, ability to remove all boulders, Glitter Gem, and a {{color2|000|Trainer stars|star}} on the {{color2|000|Trainer Card (game)|Trainer Card}}.
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==In the anime==
==In the anime==

Revision as of 08:50, 2 March 2014

Underground Man
ちかおじさん Underground Man
Underground Man anime.png
The Underground Man in the anime
Gender Male
Hometown Eterna City
Region Sinnoh
Relatives Byron (son), Roark (grandson)
Generation IV
Games Diamond and Pearl
Anime debut A Grass Menagerie!
English voice actor Eric Schussler
Japanese voice actor Unshō Ishizuka

The Underground Man (Japanese: ちかおじさん Underground Man) lives in Eterna City in a house next door to the Pokémon Center. He is the father of Byron and grandfather of Roark.

In the games

When players first meets him, he gives them the Explorer Kit. The other NPCs in his house describe various aspects of exploring the Sinnoh Underground.

He also gives a series of tasks, each with various rewards when they are completed:

Task Reward
Use the Explorer Kit and go to The Underground Move Trap (Up), Bubble Trap, Leaf Trap
Dig something out of the wall Prism Sphere 1, Red Sphere 1, Blue Sphere 1
Plant a Sphere in the ground Digger Drill
Dig a Secret Base Plain Table, Wooden Chair, Small Bookshelf, Buneary Doll
Decorate a Secret Base Doll of your Starter (Turtwig, Chimchar or Piplup)
Capture a flag from another player's Secret Base Bronze flag, ability to remove three boulders, Base Upgrade (Up to 12 Decorations), Pretty Gem
Capture three flags from another player's Secret Base Silver flag, ability to remove two more boulders, Base Upgrade (Up to 15 Decorations), Shiny Gem
Capture ten flags from another player's Secret Base Gold flag, ability to remove five more boulders, Mystic Gem, and a radar that shows the locations

of treasure, buried spheres and traps for the whole underground map.

Capture fifty flags from another player's Secret Base Platinum flag, ability to remove all boulders, Glitter Gem, and a star on the Trainer Card.


In the anime

The Underground Man first appeared in A Grass Menagerie! while Team Rocket was exploring the Sinnoh Underground. He convinced Jessie, James and Meowth to dig up spheres and shards for him from the Underground, and fed them as a way of thanks. However, while they ate, he fled with the treasures.

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

The Underground Man in Pokémon Adventures

The Underground Man first appears in Double Trouble with Dialga and Palkia I, where he and Byron were digging underground to avoid Team Galactic from tracking the Sinnoh Gym Leaders. In the next chapter, he suffered the effects from the distortion of time and space caused by Dialga and Palkia battling. In VS Dialga and Palkia VI, the Underground Man along with Byron, Professor Rowan and Sir Berlitz escape from the underground.

Pokémon

Dugtrio (×3)
Underground Man's Dugtrio

The Underground Man uses these three Dugtrio to help him dig underground. While digging, they were suffering the effects from the distortion of time and space caused by Dialga and Palkia battling.

None of their moves are known.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor
Japanese 石塚運昇 Unshō Ishizuka
English Eric Schussler
Czech Michal Holán
European Spanish Antonio Esquivas


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