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Dude (Japanese: おにいさん Dude) is a Trainer on Route 29 right outside New Bark Town in Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal. He notices the player pass by a few times and decides to teach them how to catch Pokémon. He is the Generation II equivalent of the old man and was replaced with Lyra or Ethan in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.

Pokémon

Caught in tutorial

	Type: Normal Unknown Held item: None
Rattata♂/♀ Lv.5
Struggle Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --       Struggle Normal   --

The battle screen also shows that he has a single, unseen, Pokémon on his team during the capture tutorial.

Items

Dude has the following items in the Items pocket:

• Potion ×1

Dude has the following Poké Balls in the Poké Balls pocket:

• Poké Ball ×5

Gallery

Sprites

Back sprite from Generation II (Male Player)	Back sprite from Generation II (Female Player)	Overworld sprite from Generation II

Quotes

Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal

• Before Silver steals a first partner Pokémon

"Pokémon hide in the grass. Who knows when they'll pop out..."

• After talking with the Policeman and Professor Elm

"I've seen you a couple times. How many Pokémon have you caught? Would you like me to show you how to catch Pokémon?"

Yes: (Shows how to catch Pokémon) "That's how you do it. If you weaken them first, Pokémon are easier to catch."

No: "Oh, fine then. Anyway, if you want to catch Pokémon, you have to walk a lot."

If talked to again after selecting No: "Huh? You want me to show you how to catch Pokémon?"

• If talked to again after the catching tutorial

"Pokémon hide in the grass. Who knows when they'll pop out..."

Trivia

• He, the old man, and Primo are the only NPCs to receive a back sprite but not a front one.
• In the German version of Crystal, if both the player's party and the current PC Box are full, the player will receive a large amount of money from the dude. If done so on the Virtual Console release, the tutorial will freeze the game.

Capture tutors Old man • Primo • Professor Oak • Dude • Ethan/Lyra • Wally • Lucas/Dawn • Professor Juniper Bianca • Calem/Serena • Professor Kukui • Leon • Professor Laventon • Nemona

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.