Will
Will イツキ Itsuki | |
Art from HeartGold and SoulSilver | |
Age | 22* |
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Gender | Male |
Eye color | Black, Lilac* |
Hair color | Purple |
Hometown | Unknown |
Region | Kanto or Johto |
Trainer class | Elite Four |
Generation | II, IV |
Games | Gold, Silver, Crystal, Stadium 2, HeartGold, SoulSilver, Masters |
Elite Four of | Indigo Plateau |
Specializes in | Psychic types |
English voice actor | Philip Reich (Masters) |
Japanese voice actor | N/A (Masters) |
Will (Japanese: イツキ Itsuki) is a Psychic-type Trainer and member of the Indigo Elite Four.
Will is noted for his peculiar appearance—formal clothes and a mask that covers his eyes.
In the games
Will is the first member of the Indigo League Elite Four in the Generation II and Generation IV games. He achieved his Elite Four position fairly recently as a result of training around the world with his Psychic-type Pokémon.
Will also appears as a member of the Elite Four in Pokémon Stadium 2's Johto Gym Leader Castle. Due to the more competitive nature of the game, Will also uses several non-Psychic Pokémon in it, although most of them still know Psychic moves.
Pokémon
This listing is for Will's Pokémon in the video games in which he has appeared.
Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal
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Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver
First battle
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Rematch
Pokémon Stadium 2
Round 1
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Round 2
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Quotes
Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal
- Before battle
- "Welcome to Pokémon League, <player>. Allow me to introduce myself. I am Will. I have trained all around the world, making my psychic Pokémon powerful. And, at last, I've been accepted into the Elite Four. I can only keep getting better! Losing is not an option!"
- Being defeated
- "I… I can't… believe it…"
- After being defeated
- "Even though I was defeated, I won't change my course. I will continue battling until I stand above all Trainers! Now, <player>, move on and experience the true ferocity of the Elite Four."
Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver
- Before battle
- "Welcome to the Pokémon League! Allow me to introduce myself. I am Will. I have trained all around the world, making my Psychic-type Pokémon powerful. And, at last, I've been accepted into the Elite Four. I can only keep getting better! Losing is not an option!"
- After sending out last Pokémon
- "We Psychics don't give up even when we're down to the last Pokémon. That's what makes us so formidable!"
- Last Pokémon at critical health
- "Until we reach zero, our power is limitless. I'm not giving up yet!"
- Being defeated
- "I… I can't…believe it…"
- After being defeated
- "Even though I was defeated, I won't change my course. I will continue battling until I stand above all Trainers! Now move on and experience the true ferocity of the Elite Four."
Pokémon Puzzle Challenge
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- Normal
- "Do you wish to challenge the Elite Four? It won't be easy to defeat us! Let the match begin!"
- "You got me! Keep going to see the true power of the Elite Four!"
- Hard
- "I have become stronger! There's no way I'll lose now!"
- "You got me. But don't think losing will change my ways. To reach the top, you must continue on to face the true might of the Elite Four!"
- Super Hard
- "I have become stronger! There's no way I'll lose now!"
- "You got me. But don't think losing will change my ways. To reach the top, you must continue on to face the true might of the Elite Four!"
- Intense
- "I have become stronger! There's no way I'll lose now!"
- "You got me. But don't think losing will change my ways. To reach the top, you must continue on to face the true might of the Elite Four!"
Pokémon Stadium 2
- Before battle
- "I have observed your battle techniques. I'm ready for you!"
- "Have you studied up on Psychic-type Pokémon?"
- "So, you have finally reached me. All right. Prepare for battle!"
- Sending out first Pokémon
- "Start!"
- Sending out a new Pokémon
- "Switch to <Pokémon>!"
- "<Pokémon>, go!"
- "<Pokémon>, fight!"
- "Attack, <Pokémon>!"
- Recalling a Pokémon
- "Come back, <Pokémon>!"
- "<Pokémon>, that will do!"
- "That was good!"
- "You earned a reward!"
- Own Pokémon faints
- "I blew it all!"
- "Hmm... Not bad."
- Player's Pokémon faints
- "Did that surprise you?"
- Own Pokémon lands a critical hit
- "We're taking aim at its weak spot. How do you like that?"
- Player's Pokémon lands a critical hit
- "I felt that. That connected with a weak spot."
- Own Pokémon being hurt by a binding move
- "Hmm... This can't be helped."
- Commanding his Pokémon to use Psychic
- "Here's an attack on the psyche!"
- Successfully inflicting a status condition on the player's Pokémon
- "You really are unlucky."
- "Now what are your options?"
- If the player is defeated
- "That decided it."
- After being defeated
- "Of all the opponents I've faced, you're the best without a doubt."
- "I'm impressed. I have no regrets about this. Go on ahead."
- "I've expended all my power. I have no regrets about losing this way."
- After winning
- "That was close. I wonder what it is that you lack."
- "Sorry about that, but I'm shooting for the top myself."
- "I never thought you could come this far."
- If the battle ended in a draw
- "This battle will go down in history. I'm sure of it..."
- If the player runs from the battle
- "You're quitting? After all you've done to get here?"
Pokémon Masters
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Menu interface (voice clips)
- After being recruited
- "I'm Will, of Indigo Elite Four fame. I'm here to show the world the true ferocity of my psychic powers!"
- Sync pair viewer
- "Psychic users like me never give up, even when we're hanging on by the skin of our teeth. That's what makes us so formidable."
- "Until we reach zero, our power is limitless!"
- Selection screen (forming team)
- "Let's go train together."
- Upon learning a new move
- "My, oh marvelous."
- Upon leveling-up
- "I will continue to grow stronger."
- Upon reaching max level
- "Nothing stands a chance against my psychic powers."
- Upon unlocking a new level cap
- "Our psychic powers are even more intense now!"
- During conversation
- "A moment, please."
- "No problem."
- Battle interface (voice clips)
- Co-op match screen
- "All right!"
- VS screen
- "Let us begin!"
- Battle start
- "Okay!"
- Using Pokémon move
- "That's it!"
- "Go!"
- Using item
- "Allow me."
- Using Trainer move
- "Watch this."
- Using Sync Move
- "Our power is limitless."
- Uh-oh!
- "Shall we?"
- Switching in
- "Here we go!"
- Defeat
- "Suppose we didn't train enough."
- Victory
- "Hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm!"
- "Pause for applause."
- Pokémon Center
- Random conversation
- "If you want to become even stronger, I'll teach you an easy training method."
- "Just concentrate really hard on the tree in front of us."
- "You can train your concentration like that, and if you can train your concentration like that, you will be able to concentrate in battle better, too!"
- "Your strength of mind--your strength of will--becomes your advantage in battle. Try it out sometime!"
- If spoken to again
- "There are more ways to train, but I'm going to keep those a secret."
- "If I tell you how I train, you'll figure out the secrets to my strength!"
- Random conversation
- "Sometimes, we Elite Four have Pokémon battles among ourselves."
- "We all know each other's tactics, so it always comes down to the skin of our teeth."
- "The key to my winning all of my battles... I want to find it here on Pasio!"
- If spoken to again
- "There are people all over the world that my Pokémon can't beat yet..."
- "That's what gets me fired up. I want to beat all of them!"
- Random conversation
- "Xatu is a very mysterious Pokémon."
- "One time, I thought she disappeared..."
- "But then three days later, I found her in the same spot as if nothing had happened."
- "Now this is just hypothetical, but she might have transcended time and space!"
- "Even if that's not the case, it's possible that Xatu have amazing powers we don't know of yet."
- If spoken to again
- "Xatu's eyes are seeing both the past and the future."
- "I wonder how she sees the present."
- Random conversation
- "After some training, my skill was recognized by the Pokémon League and I joined the Elite Four."
- "I can only keep getting better! The possibilities are limitless!"
- "If you have the desire to progress, that will be your drive to acquire more strength."
- If spoken to again
- "To me, becoming a member of the Elite Four is important but it isn't my goal."
- "What I'm aiming for is even higher. I want to be the pinnacle of all Pokémon Trainers!"
- Random conversation
- "After all of my travels and training, there was something I came to feel."
- "That is the strength of Psychic-type Pokémon! The mysterious powers they hold is very strong!"
- "But willpower is not the only appeal of Psychic-type Pokémon. They also have strength of mind!"
- "I can count on them in any battle. That is what I was attracted to."
- If spoken to again
- "I train to better myself and to not disappoint my Pokémon."
- "My Pokémon always give me a splendid performance!"
- "The reason I can keep fighting as a member of the Elite Four is my Pokémon try hard, too. That's why I have to work just as hard as them."
- Special log-in conversation (evening)
- "It could be my imagination, but I feel like my psychic powers intensify at night."
- Special log-in conversation (evening)
- "My Pokémon never stops gazing at the world-- even at night."
- Special log-in conversation (morning)
- "They say the early Pidgey catches the Weedle. Like myself, you seem to have taken that lesson to heart."
- Special log-in conversation (morning)
- "Hello there. Would you care to do some early morning training with me?"
- Special log-in conversation
- "I had a feeling that you would be coming here, [player]."
- "Well then, let's start today's training!"
- Special gift conversation
- "Xatu brought me an item, but you can have it!"
- "Xatu brings back items that have a mysterious power to them!"
- "At least I think they do. But I want you to be able to feel that, too."
Artwork
VS artwork from Generation II |
Sprites
In the core series
Sprite from Generation II |
Sprite from HeartGold and SoulSilver |
VS sprite from HeartGold and SoulSilver |
Overworld sprite from Generation II |
Overworld sprite from HeartGold and SoulSilver |
In other games
Portrait from Stadium 2 |
Model from Masters |
VS model from Masters |
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
History
Past
Will, along with Karen, Green, Silver, Sham, and Carl, was one of the children raised by the Masked Man to be his servants. Unlike Silver and Green, Will was not kidnapped and went to the Masked Man willingly out of boredom.
Gold, Silver & Crystal arc
Will debuted with Karen at the Ilex Forest, where they have been tasked with guarding the area. When Green arrived to stop the Masked Man's plan to capture Celebi, she was attacked by Will and Karen. With the Lugia and Ho-Oh they borrowed from the Masked Man, Will and Karen exploited Green's fear of birds to torture her. When Green learned that Will and Karen also defeated and captured Silver, she overcame her fear of birds and sent out Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres to fight. Green and her allies, Red and Blue, each used one of the legendary birds to battle Will and Karen. With the assistance of many Pokémon sent from all across Johto and Kanto, Lugia and Ho-Oh were freed from the Masked Man's control and fly away. Defeated, Will made his escape, only to be punished later by the Masked Man for doing so.
After the Masked Man's defeat, Will and Karen were approached by Bruno and Koga, who offered to form an alliance since all four of them were once members of various criminal organizations.
HeartGold & SoulSilver arc
It is revealed that Will, Karen, Bruno, and Koga were all made members of the Johto Elite Four by the Pokémon Association. The Johto Elite Four went to the Pokéathlon as an act of promotion for the Pokémon League. There, they met Gold, whom they challenged to the Power Course. Although they easily defeated Gold in the first two events, Gold gained enough points in the third event to win overall.
Pokémon
This listing is of Will's Pokémon in the Pokémon Adventures manga.
On hand
Debut | The Last Battle VII |
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Xatu is Will's first known Pokémon. It was first used to attack Green at the Ilex Forest. Green's fear of birds prevented her from fighting back. Later, it was used against Silver while on Lugia's back. After being weakened by a Beat Up from Silver's entire team, Xatu was defeated by a Return from Silver's Feraligatr. In The Escape, it was revealed to have evolved from a Natu.
Xatu's only known move is Psychic.
Debut | Attaway, Aipom! |
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Exeggutor first appeared alongside its Trainer at the Pokéathlon. It was used to challenge Gold in the Goal Roll event, where it easily won.
None of Exeggutor's moves are known.
Borrowed
- Main article: Tower duo (Adventures)
The Masked Man lent Lugia to Will in order to guard the Ilex Forest. Will used Lugia to battle Green, Red, and Blue, who used Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres, respectively. During the battle, many Pokémon sent from people from Kanto and Johto came to assist. The Pokémon latched on to Lugia and Ho-Oh, and their combined power freed the two from the Masked Man's control. Now freed, Lugia and Ho-Oh flew off to parts unknown.
In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga
Will appeared in A Challenge to the Elite Four. He, along with Bruno and Koga, fell from the Elite Four Tower, seemingly defeated by Karen. Red asked them what happened, but Koga asked him to ask Karen herself. It is later revealed that after being exhausted from training, Karen decided to tell them a joke, and they fell down the building after hearing her dumb joke.
Pokémon
In the TCG
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Will or his Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
Will'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. | |||||||
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Card | Type | English Expansion |
Rarity | # | Japanese Expansion |
Rarity | # |
Will's Slowbro | Pokémon VS | 072/141 | |||||
Will's Exeggutor | Pokémon VS | 073/141 | |||||
Will's Jynx | Pokémon VS | 074/141 | |||||
Will's Xatu | Pokémon VS | 075/141 | |||||
Will's Espeon | Pokémon VS | 076/141 | |||||
Will's Slowking | Pokémon VS | 077/141 | |||||
Will's Girafarig | Tyranitar Half Deck | Pokémon VS | 078/141 | ||||
Card | Type | English Expansion |
Rarity | # | Japanese Expansion |
Rarity | # |
Will's TM 01 | T [TM] | Pokémon VS | 121/141 | ||||
Will's TM 02 | T [TM] | Pokémon VS | 122/141 | ||||
Will | Su | Cosmic Eclipse | 208/236 | Dream League | 044/049 | ||
Tag All Stars | 189/173 | ||||||
Trivia
- Will's hair falls over the left side of his face, leading to his left eye being whited out in some depictions. This has spurred debate as to whether he has one eye or two. This is rectified in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, where his overworld sprite clearly shows two eyes, both obscured by white.
- Will has several similarities with Lorelei: both of them are the first challenger of Kanto Elite Four; both of them have used Slowbro and Jynx in their respective parties; they have similar hairstyles; and both of them have had their hair depicted as either purple or red.
- There is data in Pokémon Crystal for the gender of every Trainer class in the game, with the exception of Eusine. This is used to select which dialogue pool to sample from when randomly choosing the opponent's dialogue. Interestingly, Will is one of two male characters to be identified as female in this array. The other is Bugsy.
- All of Will's Pokémon (excluding Jynx, for obvious reasons) changed from male in Gold, Silver, and Crystal to female in HeartGold and SoulSilver.
- Will is the only member of the Indigo Plateau Elite Four (in Generation II and HeartGold and SoulSilver) that uses only Pokémon of the type that he specializes in the first match. All others have at least one Pokémon not of their specialty in their first match, and, with the exception of Lance, replace the Pokémon not of their specialty with Pokémon of their specialty in rematches.
- He shares this trait with Lucian of the Sinnoh Elite Four in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl. Coincidentally, both use Psychic-type Pokémon.
- Will appears as an opponent in Pokémon Puzzle Challenge. He uses a Jynx to battle.
Names
Language | Name | Origin |
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Japanese | イツキ Itsuki | From 槻 tsuki (Japanese zelkova) |
English, Brazilian Portuguese |
Will | From willpower (mental strength) |
German | Willi | From Wille (will) |
Spanish | Mento | From mente (mind) |
French | Clément | From mental |
Italian | Pino | From the prefix ipno- (hypno-) |
Korean | 일목 Ilmok | From the Sino-Korean reading of the Japanese name 一木 Itsuki |
Chinese (Mandarin) | 一樹 / 一树 Yīshù | From the Japanese name 一樹 Itsuki |
Chinese (Cantonese) | 一樹 Yātsyuh | |
Vietnamese | Itsuki | Transcription of his Japanese name |
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Rocket Game Corner • Team Rocket Hideout • Viridian Gym • Team Rocket HQ • Rocket Warehouse | |||||
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