Eusine
| Eusine ミナキ Minaki | |
[[File: |{{{size}}}]]Artwork from Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver | |
| Gender | Male |
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| Eye color | Blue |
| Hair color | Brown |
| Hometown | Celadon City |
| Region | Kanto |
| Relatives | Unseen grandfather |
| Trainer class | Mysticalman |
| Generation | II, IV |
| Games | Crystal, HeartGold, SoulSilver |
| Anime debut | For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll |
| English voice actor | Ed Paul Dan Green (The Legend of Thunder!) |
| Japanese voice actor | Shinji Kawada |
Eusine (Japanese: ミナキ Minaki; Eugene in The Legend of Thunder!) is a researcher and expert in the legendary beasts. For years he has chased Suicune, the embodiment of the North Wind, but to no avail. He is the only character in the games to have the Trainer class Mysticalman (Japanese: なぞのせいねん Mysterious Man).
In the games
Eusine appears in Pokémon Crystal. He is first seen researching the Burned Tower, together with Morty. Later, he battles the player in Cianwood City, just north of the Pokémon Seer, after seeing Suicune escaping from the town, hoping that by battling the player he will earn Suicune's respect as a trainer. After Suicune has been captured in the Tin Tower, he returns to his hometown, Celadon City, and can be found in Celadon Pokémon Center waiting for the player to catch all three legendary beasts. After this is accomplished, Eusine will return to the Tin Tower and wait for the player to summon Ho-Oh
Eusine also appears in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, in which his storyline is almost identical at first but differs in the end. In these games, Eusine follows Suicune to Kanto, and ultimately to its final destination - Cerulean Cape. It is revealed in these games that when Eusine was young, he was told stories about Suicune by his grandfather, who is very knowledgeable about Johto's folklore. Despite this, Eusine never mentions the Tin Tower or Ho-Oh in these games, nor is his hometown stated to be Celadon City.
Pokémon
Pokémon Crystal
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Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver
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In the anime
In the anime, Eusine is voiced by 川田紳司 Shinji Kawada in Japanese and Ed Paul (initial appearance) and Dan Green (The Legend of Thunder!) in English.
In the anime episode For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll, he comes off as a proud and arrogant person with a slight superiority complex and exhibits a near-religious fervor for Suicune, challenging Ash for daring to say that he'd met the legendary beast. This may just be a form of jealousy on his part, for Ash had also seen Ho-Oh as well, while he has yet to encounter any himself. In the same episode, when he finally saw Suicune, he tried to capture it partially for ego gratification, ironically making him no better than the people who he's mentioned are unworthy for it. This is somewhat interesting compared to his appearance in The Legend of Thunder! when he mentions Suicune only once, and then only in reference to the other beasts.
In The Legend of Thunder!, he assists Jimmy, Marina, and Vincent in their battle against Attila and Hun. Marina falls for him because he wears a cape.
He is apparently very close friends with Morty, who is also an expert on the Ecruteak legends. Morty acts as Eusine's voice of reason, trying to convince him to calm down and ease up, but to no avail. When Eusine leaves suddenly at the end of the episode, Morty's lack of surprise indicates that this has happened before.
Pokémon
 Alakazam |
In the manga
In the Pokémon Adventures manga
In Pokémon Adventures he is quite the showoff, especially towards women, performing flashy magic tricks and even giving out autographed pictures of himself. He flies around on a Jumpluff. He seems to be a close friend of Morty's, as the Gym Leader is helping him in the hunt for Suicune.
He is first seen being spoken of by Morty, who states that Eusine had him use his powers to try and find Suicune, to no avail. After Morty is defeated by Suicune he contacts Eusine, who goes off to catch it himself. During his hunt he runs into Crystal, who accidently shocks Arckee with his Electrode, proclaiming them rivals and disappears. He then visits and old couple and tricks them into giving him Moomoo Milk by "curing" their Miltank. However Crystal followed him and found out that Eusine really put a berry in its mouth and manipulated the nice couple, to which Eusine doesn't seem to care. They then encounter Suicune, which turns out to really just be a Ditto sent by Team Rocket to distract them. The two of them were able to let Suicune escape and Eusine defeated the Team Rocket Elite Trio.
Pokémon
 Jumpluff |
 Haunter |
 Electrode |
In the Golden Boys manga
Eusine is first seen coming to Cianwood Gym and trying to retrieve a Pikachu from Gold. It turns out that this Pikachu was actually a messenger sent from future by Eusine and Bill to guide the present Eusine to legendary Pokémon using a special learning device attached to it. Gold wanted to battle with Eusine for that Pikachu, but Chuck, the leader of Cianwood Gym told them to battle next day. Gold and his Croconaw beat Eusine's Hypno and Gold won the battle, so Pikachu could stay with him. This caused Eusine to search for legendary Pokémon alone. Later, Black unsealed the Black Tyranitar, Cianwood's legendary Pokémon who used to wreak havoc in the Johto region. Eusine was one of the people who helped Gold fighting the Black Tyranitar.
Pokémon
 Hypno |
Haunter |
Electrode |
Released
 Pikachu |
Eusine's Pikachu ended up in Gold's team after being sent to the past.
Trivia
- In The Legend of Thunder!, Eusine was mistakenly called "Eugene".
- The retcon of his English name in The Legend of Thunder! caused some fans to believe that "Eusine" is actually a nickname or a surname, in similar fashion to Todd Snap. However, there is no confirmation for this.
- In the Israeli dub of The Legend of Thunder! special, Eusine was correctly named, just as in the original series, because the error was caught by the director of the series dub, Maya Bar Shalom.
- In his HeartGold and SoulSilver artwork, as well as in the anime, Eusine's clothes are colored purple, while his Crystal artwork depicts him with blue clothes.
- His HeartGold and SoulSilver artwork also adds several diamond shaped patterns to his clothes, which resemble those seen on the body of Suicune.
- All of his Pokemon have had their levels increased by two since Crystal. However, the moves that they all use are exactly identical.
In other languages
| Language | Name | Origin |
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| Japanese | ミナキ (Minaki) | |
| English, French, Spanish | Eusine | Similar to Suicune. |
| English (LoT-only) | Eugene | Corruption of "Eusine" |
| German | Eusin | Corruption of "Eusine" |
| Italian | Eugenius | Apparently a corruption of "Eugene" |
| Korean | 미나키 (Minaki) | Hangulization of his Japanese name. |
| Chinese (Taiwan) | 南其 Nánqí | |
| Chinese (PRC) | 米那君 Mǐnàjūn | The first two characters are phonetic translation of his Japanese name, while the third one comes from Suicune's Chinese name, 水君. |
| Chinese (Hong Kong) | 米拿基 Mǐnájī | Pure phonetic transliteration of his Japanese name. |
External links
- Minaki's Profile on Pokeani (Japanese)
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