Dude

Dude

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 him/her how to catch Pokémon. He is the Generation II equivalent of the old man, and was replaced with Lyra or Ethan in 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

Items	Poké Balls
Potion ×1	Poké Ball ×5

Trivia

• He, the old man, and Primo are the only NPCs to receive a back sprite, but not a front one.

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.