Guzma

Guzma グズマ Guzma
Art from Sun and Moon
Age	20+
Gender	Male
Eye color	Gray
Hair color	White
Hometown	Alola Route 2
Region	Alola
Relatives	Unnamed mother and father
Trainer class	Team Skull Boss, Pokémon Trainer
Generation	VII
Games	Sun and Moon
Specializes in	Bug types
Member of	Team Skull
Rank	Boss

Guzma (Japanese: グズマ Guzma) is a character introduced in Pokémon Sun and Moon. He is the leader of Team Skull. He is the only character in the games to have the Trainer class Team Skull Boss (Japanese: スカルだんかボス Team Skull Boss). He specializes in Bug-type Pokémon.

In the games

Guzma first appears in Malie Garden, taunting Professor Kukui, calling both the professor and himself "fellow rejects who never could become captains." Guzma then criticizes Kukui's idea of building a Pokémon League for Alola; while he agrees that some parts of the island challenge are antiquated, he claims there's no need for a League, as he believes he's the strongest Trainer in the region. To solidify his position, his Grunts have been stealing every piece of Buginium Z across Alola simply to deny its use to other Trainers. When Kukui asks the player to battle Guzma, the boss takes notice of their Z-Ring, and asks why they're taking on the island challenge before immediately dismissing it and accepting Kukui's terms. The player wins, and Guzma leaves, saying he'll remember the encounter.

Later on, the player travels to Po Town to retrieve a Yungoos Team Skull stole from a child living at the Aether House. After getting past an army of Team Skull Grunts and infiltrating their headquarters, the Shady House, the player comes face-to-face with Guzma, who is holding the Yungoos in his personal quarters. He returns the Yungoos after losing to the player again, but vows that he will one day defeat them.

However, it is subsequently revealed that Team Skull's kidnapping of the Yungoos was a distraction meant to draw the player away from the Aether House so Plumeria could abduct Lillie. At this point, Gladion openly betrays Team Skull and recruits both the player and Hau for a mission to rescue Lillie from where Team Skull took her — Aether Paradise. As the player, Hau and Gladion fight through the Aether Foundation Employees who, along with Faba, are guarding Aether Paradise on Lusamine's orders, they discover a large group of Team Skull Grunts personally led by Guzma guarding the path to Lusamine's mansion, revealing that Lusamine has been secretly controlling Team Skull. Gladion rushes ahead to attempt to defeat Guzma and open the path for the player, but fails, leaving the player to battle Guzma one last time themselves. Guzma relents and allows the player to enter Lusamine's mansion after falling once more. A short while later, he rushes to Lusamine's side after she opens the Ultra Wormhole using Nebby's powers, unleashing Ultra Beasts all over Alola. Encouraging Lusamine to capture the Nihilego that appears in the room so it can be used to crush the player and their friends, Guzma ends up in a battle with Hau while Gladion tries to defeat Nihilego and the player fights Lusamine. Upon her defeat, the Ultra Wormhole and Nihilego begin to disappear. Unwilling to let her plans be thwarted, Lusamine enters the portal, taking Guzma with her.

Guzma is not seen again until after the player and Lillie have helped Nebby recover and evolve from Cosmoem into Solgaleo^S/Lunala^M. The legendary Pokémon transports the player and Lillie into Ultra Space, where they discover Guzma sitting alone, separated from Lusamine. He reveals that once they arrived in Ultra Space, he tried to capture a Nihilego of his own, only for it to use its parasitic powers to control him. Claiming that he has always lived his life making people afraid of him, Guzma admits that this experience has made him feel true fear for the first time, and warns the player and Lillie that they are stupid for coming to Ultra Space and tells them that Lusamine is too far gone into her insanity to be saved. He sits out and watches as the player battles Lusamine and subsequently separates her from the Nihilego she fused with using the aid of Solgaleo^S/Lunala^M and is saved from Ultra Space along with the others when Solgaleo^S/Lunala^M uses its powers to return them to the real world. Upon arrival, Hapu meets the group and has Guzma help her take away the unconscious Lusamine on her Mudsdale.

Once the player becomes Champion, it is revealed that Guzma disbanded Team Skull after returning from Ultra Space. To reflect this new start in life, he no longer wears his gold chain bearing Team Skull's insignia, paints a red X over the insignia on his coat, removes his Team Skull tattoos and changes his sunglasses to a symmetrical pair of round lenses. He can be found in his parents' home on Route 2, where he tells the player to meet him on Hau'oli City's beachfront. There, he expresses a continuing desire to finally defeat the player and challenges them once again. Upon his loss, Hala appears and tells him that he cannot win because he does not recognize his opponents' strength. Hala promises to make a fine trainer out of Guzma, and Guzma leaves after gifting the player his lucky charm, a Dawn Stone. In Moon only, he appears as a potential challenger and Multi Battle teammate at the Battle Tree. In Sun, this appearance is fulfilled by Plumeria instead.

Throughout the game, the player can discover hints about Guzma's past and motivations. He was once a prodigy who earned many trophies that are still on display in his parents' home, but his childhood is hinted to have been abusive; he eventually ran away from home after a violent confrontation with his father. Despite his best efforts, he was never able to live up to the standards necessary to become a captain before he grew too old. Becoming disillusioned due to this, he took on the leadership of Team Skull to fight back against Alola's traditions and assert his own strength. He ultimately fell under Lusamine's influence because she was the only adult who ever acknowledged his strength as a Trainer, inspiring his loyalty to her until the events in Ultra Space.

Pokémon

Guzma's Pokémon are kept in Ultra Balls.

First battle

Team Skull Boss Guzma Malie Garden Sun and Moon Reward: $3,600

Types: Bug Water Ability: Emergency Exit Held item: None Golisopod♂ Lv.31 First Impression Bug Physical   --       Razor Shell Water Physical   --       Swords Dance Normal Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Types: Bug Poison Ability: Swarm Held item: None Ariados♂ Lv.30 Fell Stinger Bug Physical   --       Sucker Punch Dark Physical   --       Shadow Sneak Ghost Physical   --       Infestation Bug Special   --

Second battle

Team Skull Boss Guzma Shady House Sun and Moon Reward: $4,320

Types: Bug Water Ability: Emergency Exit Held item: None Golisopod♂ Lv.37 First Impression Bug Physical   --       Razor Shell Water Physical   --       Swords Dance Normal Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Types: Bug Poison Ability: Swarm Held item: None Ariados♂ Lv.36 Fell Stinger Bug Physical   --       Sucker Punch Dark Physical   --       Shadow Sneak Ghost Physical   --       Infestation Bug Special   --

Third battle

Team Skull Boss Guzma Aether Paradise Sun and Moon Reward: $4,800

Types: Bug Water Ability: Emergency Exit Held item: None Golisopod♂ Lv.41 First Impression Bug Physical   --       Razor Shell Water Physical   --       Swords Dance Normal Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Types: Bug Poison Ability: Swarm Held item: None Ariados♂ Lv.40 Fell Stinger Bug Physical   --       Sucker Punch Dark Physical   --       Shadow Sneak Ghost Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Types: Bug Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Masquerain♂ Lv.40 Bug Buzz Bug Special   --       Air Slash Flying Special   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Type: Bug Unknown Ability: Mold Breaker Held item: None Pinsir♂ Lv.40 X-Scissor Bug Physical   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Double Hit Normal Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --

Fourth battle

Pokémon Trainer Guzma Hau'oli City Sun and Moon Reward: $7,560

Types: Bug Water Ability: Emergency Exit Held item: None Golisopod♂ Lv.63 First Impression Bug Physical   --       Waterfall Water Physical   --       Sucker Punch Dark Physical   --       Curse Unknown Status   --       Types: Bug Poison Ability: Swarm Held item: None Ariados♂ Lv.63 Fell Stinger Bug Physical   --       Sucker Punch Dark Physical   --       Cross Poison Poison Physical   --       Toxic Thread Poison Status   --       Types: Bug Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Masquerain♂ Lv.63 Bug Buzz Bug Special   --       Air Slash Flying Special   --       Energy Ball Grass Special   --       Ice Beam Ice Special   --       Type: Bug Unknown Ability: Mold Breaker Held item: None Pinsir♂ Lv.63 Storm Throw Fighting Physical   --       X-Scissor Bug Physical   --       Guillotine Normal Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Types: Bug Steel Ability: Technician Held item: None Scizor♂ Lv.63 Night Slash Dark Physical   --       X-Scissor Bug Physical   --       Iron Head Steel Physical   --       Bullet Punch Steel Physical   --

Battle Tree

Guzma uses three of these Pokémon in Single Battles, four in Double Battles, and two in Multi Battles.

Type: Bug Unknown Ability: Hyper Cutter or Mold Breaker Held item: Pinsirite Pinsir♂/♀ Lv.50 X-Scissor Bug Physical   --       Superpower Fighting Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Thrash Normal Physical   --	Type: Bug Unknown Ability: Hyper Cutter or Mold Breaker Held item: Choice Scarf Pinsir♂/♀ Lv.50 X-Scissor Bug Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Close Combat Fighting Physical   --       Guillotine Normal Physical   --	Types: Dark Flying Ability: Insomnia or Super Luck Held item: Darkinium Z Honchkrow♂/♀ Lv.50 Psychic Psychic Special   --       Dark Pulse Dark Special   --       Swagger Normal Status   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --	Types: Dark Flying Ability: Insomnia or Super Luck Held item: Life Orb Honchkrow♂/♀ Lv.50 Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Drill Peck Flying Physical   --       Sucker Punch Dark Physical   --       Thunder Wave Electric Status   --
Types: Poison Fighting Ability: Anticipation or Dry Skin Held item: Focus Sash Toxicroak♂/♀ Lv.50 Sludge Bomb Poison Special   --       Focus Blast Fighting Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Dark Pulse Dark Special   --	Types: Poison Fighting Ability: Anticipation or Dry Skin Held item: Wide Lens Toxicroak♂/♀ Lv.50 Cross Chop Fighting Physical   --       Sucker Punch Dark Physical   --       Poison Jab Poison Physical   --       Taunt Dark Status   --	Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Limber or Unburden Held item: Red Card Liepard♂/♀ Lv.50 Foul Play Dark Physical   --       Sucker Punch Dark Physical   --       Sand Attack Ground Status   --       Thunder Wave Electric Status   --	Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Limber or Unburden Held item: Focus Sash Liepard♂/♀ Lv.50 Dark Pulse Dark Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Grass Knot Grass Special   --       Nasty Plot Dark Status   --
Types: Dark Steel Ability: Defiant or Inner Focus Held item: Chople Berry Bisharp♂/♀ Lv.50 Iron Head Steel Physical   --       Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Low Sweep Fighting Physical   --       Sucker Punch Dark Physical   --	Types: Dark Steel Ability: Defiant or Inner Focus Held item: Focus Sash Bisharp♂/♀ Lv.50 Taunt Dark Status   --       Sucker Punch Dark Physical   --       Metal Burst Steel Physical   --       Iron Head Steel Physical   --	Types: Poison Water Ability: Merciless or Limber Held item: Red Card Toxapex♂/♀ Lv.50 Baneful Bunker Poison Status   --       Venoshock Poison Special   --       Surf Water Special   --       Ice Beam Ice Special   --	Types: Poison Water Ability: Merciless or Limber Held item: Black Sludge Toxapex♂/♀ Lv.50 Baneful Bunker Poison Status   --       Liquidation Water Physical   --       Payback Dark Physical   --       Stockpile Normal Status   --
Types: Bug Water Ability: Emergency Exit Held item: Quick Claw Golisopod♂/♀ Lv.50 First Impression Bug Physical   --       Liquidation Water Physical   --       Leech Life Bug Physical   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --	Types: Bug Water Ability: Emergency Exit Held item: Life Orb Golisopod♂/♀ Lv.50 First Impression Bug Physical   --       Aqua Jet Water Physical   --       Sucker Punch Dark Physical   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --

Quotes

Pokémon Sun and Moon

Malie Garden

"Battle Royal, huh? Nice idea there, Kukui. You can beat down three Pokémon at once, huh?"

"The hated boss who beats you down, and beats you down, and never lets up... Yeah. Big bad Guzma is here!"

"Greetings, cowering public! We have an exciting bout for you tonight! In the opposing corner, the Pokémon professor Kukui! And in this corner, the boss of Team Skull and the hardest guy around, Guzma!"

"Here we are, Kukui... Fellow rejects who never could become captains. We've got all these moldy old traditions in Alola — the kahunas, the captains... It’s about time we cut out all that silly garbage and make something new for ourselves. Trust me, I get that. Don't get me wrong, though, Kukui. We've got no need for a Pokémon League. After all, everyone already knows who the strongest Trainer is on these islands!"

"So you're one of the kids on his/her island challenge? You don't look like Hala's grandson."

"Tch! This move fanatic is getting me all riled up! You've got a Z-Ring, huh, kid? Why even bother with the island challenge? What’s the point of it?"

It'll make me strong: "No it won't, you dumb kid!"

That's what I want to find out: "Ha! You don’t even know why you’re doing it."

"Watch closely, Kukui. Someday I'm gonna destroy you. But first, I'll destroy everything you care about!"

"Wanna see what destruction looks like? Here it is in human form — it's your boy Guzma!"

• When defeated

"I see. Great work... I guess."

• After being defeated

"Guzma!!! What is wrong with you?! Now's the time for your vaunted team to let loose and destroy everything!"

"It was <player>, right? I'll remember you... as someone I'll be happy to beat down anytime!"

Shady House

"The hated boss who beats you down and beats you down and never lets up... Yeah. Big bad Guzma is here!"

"I don't really get you, kid, but at least this is a change of pace. It's not every day someone comes straight to me for a beating!"

I'm not here for you: "No bone to pick with me, huh? Then it's for Yungoos, I guess. How sweet of you to help out a sad little girl. Tch!"

I'm here for the Pokémon: "Oh, Yungoos? How sweet of you to help out a sad little girl. Tch!"

"And you came all the way here just for that, huh? Can't you just watch out for your own Pokémon and stay out of other people's business?! You're one messed up kid! You wanna know what I do when some machine messes up? The first thing I do is give it a nice hard smack! I mean, most of the time I smash it to pieces, but hey, what can you do? Now let's see if I can't fix you!"

• When defeated

"Yeah, yeah. I gotta admit, that was great!"

• After being defeated

"Guzma! What is wrong with you?!"

"Yo! Give the Pokémon back to the kid. NOW!"

"I'm gonna beat you down one of these days! No matter whose help I need to do it..."

Sprites

VS model from Sun and Moon

Overworld model from Sun and Moon

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Guzma in Pokémon Adventures

Guzma debuts in the Sun & Moon arc. He is first seen berating a pair of Grunts after their attempt to skip out on paying Sun for his part-time job ended in their defeat. He orders the Grunts to find Sun so that he can teach him a lesson personally.

Trivia

• Ironically, despite being considered a joke in comparison, his Pokémon end up being stronger than any of the other team bosses in their last battle against the player.

Names

Guzma

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	グズマ Guzma	From Guzmania
English, French, Dutch, Portuguese	Guzma	Same as Japanese name
German	Bromley	From Bromeliengewächse (German for Bromeliaceae, the family that contains Guzmania)
Italian	Guzman	From Guzmania and Anastasio Guzmán (which Guzmania is named after)
Spanish	Guzmán	From Guzmania and Anastasio Guzmán
Korean	구즈마 Gujeuma	Transliteration of Japanese name
Chinese (Mandarin)	古茲馬 / 古兹马 Gǔzīmǎ	Transliteration of Japanese name
Chinese (Cantonese)	古茲馬 Gújīmáh	Transliteration of Japanese name
Russian	Гузма Guzma	Transcription of English name

Team Skull Boss

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 骷髏隊老大 Fūlàuh Deuih Lóuhdaaih Mandarin 骷髏隊老大 Kūlóu Duì Lǎodà French Boss Team Skull German Skull-Boss Italian Capo Team Skull Korean 스컬단의 보스 Seukeol-dan-ui Boseu European Portuguese Chefe do Team Skull Russian Босс Команды Череп Boss Komandy Cherep Spanish Jefe del Team Skull

Related articles

• Images on the Bulbagarden Archives

Team Skull
Po Town • Shady House
Boss	Administrator	Enforcer
Guzma (Masters)	Plumeria (Masters)	Gladion (Masters)
Other members
Team Skull Grunts Pokémon the Series: Tupp • Zipp • Rapp • Okazaki Manga: Borosue (I Choose You! Remix)
Former members
Punk Guy • Punk Girl
See also: Aether Foundation

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.