Gideon

Gideon (Japanese: スミオ Sumio) is a scientist associated with Team Rocket at their Sevii Islands branch in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.

The first possible sighting of Gideon happens if the player attempts to enter the Dotted Hole prior to defeating the Team Rocket Grunts in the Icefall Cave. Gideon will be seen blocking the entrance, pondering how to get in.

After the player arrives in the chamber of the Dotted Hole that contains the Sapphire, and attempts to get it, Gideon falls through the hole of the floor above and grabs the Sapphire with the intent to sell it to Team Rocket. Before he leaves, he tells the player to take it back if he wants it and reveals the second password to the Rocket Warehouse in Five Isle Meadow. Infiltrating the said warehouse is the only way to get it back and thus making it possible to trade with the Generation III Hoenn-based games. After battling through a pair of Team Rocket Admins, the player must battle Gideon, who complains that your arrival ruined his entire deal to sell the Sapphire. After defeating Gideon, he angrily hands over the Sapphire (deeming it worthless) and remains in the warehouse, even after Team Rocket has abandoned it.

Notably, once the player leaves the warehouse and returns after delivering the Sapphire to Celio, Gideon comments to the player that Giovanni has a child with red hair. Through further revelations in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, it is shown that this red-haired son is in fact the rival of the player in the Johto-based games, Silver.

Pokémon

Scientist Gideon Rocket Warehouse FireRed and LeafGreen Scientist and Professor Gideon Oak Rocket Warehouse FireRed and LeafGreen Reward: $2208

Type: Electric Unknown Ability: Static Held item: None Voltorb Lv.46 Swift Normal   --       Rollout Rock   --       Light Screen Psychic   --       Explosion Normal   --       Type: Electric Unknown Ability: Static Held item: None Electrode Lv.46 Spark Electric   --       Charge Electric   --       SonicBoom Normal   --       Screech Normal   --       Types: Electric Steel Ability: Sturdy Held item: None Magnemite Lv.46 Spark Electric   --       Thunder Wave Electric   --       Swift Normal   --       Screech Normal   --       Types: Electric Steel Ability: Sturdy Held item: None Magneton Lv.46 Thunder Wave Electric   --       Spark Electric   --       Lock-On Normal   --       Tri Attack Normal   --       Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Trace Held item: None Porygon Lv.46 Conversion Normal   --       Psybeam Psychic   --       Tri Attack Normal   --       Recover Normal   --

Trivia

• Gideon is the only in-game Trainer in FireRed and LeafGreen to use a Porygon.
• Gideon is the only known scientist seen in the Sevii Islands branch of Team Rocket, though his dialogue seems to indicate that he is not a proper member of Team Rocket and is simply trying to make some money by selling the Sapphire to them.

Names

Team Rocket
Team Rocket Hideout • Viridian Gym • Team Rocket HQ • Rocket Warehouse
Boss
Giovanni (Pocket Monsters • Masters • Rainbow Rocket)
Admins
Archer (Masters)	Ariana (Masters)	Proton (Masters)	Petrel (Masters)
Other members
Jessie (Masters)	Meowth		James (Masters)
Grunts
Grunts (Rocket Siblings • Rainbow Rocket)		Scientists (Gideon)
Animation and manga
Anime characters • Adventures characters Grey (Golden Boys) • Kaede (How I Became a Pokémon Card)

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