Falkner
Falkner ハヤト Hayato | |
""The Elegant Master of Flying Pokémon"" | |
[[File:File:HGSS Falkner Art.png|{{{size}}}]] Art from HeartGold and SoulSilver | |
Gender | Male |
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Eye color | Black*, Blue* |
Hair color | Blue |
Hometown | Violet City |
Region | Johto |
Relatives | Father (Predecessor as Gym Leader) |
Trainer class | Gym Leader |
Generation | II, IV |
Games | Gold, Silver, Crystal, Pokémon Stadium 2, HeartGold, SoulSilver |
Leader of | Violet Gym |
Badge | Zephyr Badge |
Anime debut | Fighting Flyer with Fire |
English voice actor | Matthew Mitler |
Japanese voice actor | Akira Ishida |
Falkner (Japanese: ハヤト Hayato) is the Gym Leader of Violet City's Gym, known officially as the Violet Gym. He hands out the Zephyr Badge to Trainers who defeat him. He specializes in Template:Type2 Pokémon.
In the games
Falkner appears in Pokémon Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold, and SoulSilver, where he is the first Gym Leader players will encounter. A master of Template:Type2 Pokémon, Falkner runs the Violet Gym, which he inherited from his father; the Pokémon he uses in battle also formerly belonged to him. Falker's father is reported to be traveling, but is never seen in the game (unlike Janine's father).
Known as "The Elegant Master of Flying Pokémon", Falkner is adored as a cool and handsome trainer. He is, however, overshadowed by his absent father, who is said to have been cooler and even more handsome. Perhaps because of this, Falkner aspires to be the greatest bird master. Falkner uses, notably, the lowest leveled Pokémon found in any Gym in any region. His Pidgeotto, in fact, is at an illegitimate level. Once defeated in battle, he will award winners with the Zephyr Badge and a Technical Machine: TM31 (Mud-Slap) in Generation II; TM51 (Roost) in Generation IV. In each generation, his Pokémon know the respective TM; Falkner uses this move as part of his battle strategy.
Like all Gym Leaders in HeartGold and SoulSilver, Falkner will venture out of his Gym occasionally. Once the player has defeated the Elite Four, Falkner will journey every Monday to Celadon City so he can visit the Department Store. He can be found talking with fellow Gym Leader Janine, of Fuschia City, on the fourth floor, and will exchange PokéGear phone numbers with the player. Once this task has been completed, Falkner will travel to the Fighting Dojo in Saffron City every Saturday morning to accept a rematch with a stronger team of Pokémon.
Falkner is also in Pokémon Stadium 2's Johto Gym Leader Castle. Unlike other Gym Leaders in this game, all of his Pokémon are of his specialist type.
Pokémon
This listing is of Falkner's Pokémon in the video games he has appeared in.
Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal
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Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver
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Second battle (Rematch)
Pokémon Stadium 2
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Quotes
File:SpriteFalkner.gif | File:FalknerHGSS.gif | |
Falkner's sprite from Generation II |
Falkner's sprite from Generation IV |
Falkner's VS sprite from Generation IV |
"I'm Falkner, The Violet Pokémon Gym leader! People say you can clip flying-type Pokémon's wings with a jolt of electricity... I won't allow such insults to bird Pokémon! I'll show you the real power of the magnificent bird Pokémon!"
"Darn! My dad's cherished bird Pokémon... All right. Take this. It's the official Pokémon League Zephyr Badge."
In the anime
Falkner's only anime appearance was in the episode Fighting Flyer with Fire.
When Ash's Pikachu was stolen by Team Rocket, Falkner arrived and rescued it with the help of his Pidgeot. He flew around on a glider, yearning to be as close to Flying Pokémon as he possibly could be. He is usually seen with his Hoothoot on his shoulder.
Falkner has a self-righteous attitude when it comes to Pokémon training, which angered Ash. Falkner also expressed an intense dislike for the prejudice against the Flying-type's weakness to Template:Type2s, but proved to be slightly hypocritical as he criticized Ash's poor choice of using Chikorita (a Template:Type2 that is weak to Flying-types) in their match.
The Violet Gym itself is a very tall, spiral-shaped building. Falkner conducts his matches on the roof of the Gym, accompanied by many students who chant in unison during his battles.
Ash was able to win the Zephyr Badge, despite his Charizard's wing being severely injured during the match.
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In the Pokémon Special manga
In Pokémon Special, Falkner is a part-time police officer, first seen in VS. Elekid in uniform. Falkner is the arresting officer at the scene after Silver stole Totodile from Professor Elm's laboratory, pinning the burnt yard on Gold. Gold, however, cooperates with Falkner (under threat of interrogation and being arrested) when it's revealed he is the only one to have seen Silver's face. Falkner offers Gold and Grant a place to stay for the night at the police station in Cherrygrove City, but Gold turns it down and runs off with Grant in tow.
Falkner properly introduces himself in VS. Sunkern when they meet once again. Despite the inconvenience, Gold catches a Skarmory for him. With it, Falkner was able to pass the Gym Leader exam. Unlike in the games, Falkner's badge is referred to as the "Wing Badge" as it is in Japan, instead of the Zephyr Badge (this may be a translation error).
Falkner's father was the previous leader of the Violet City Gym. The father is speculated to be Wayne.
He uses Poké Balls that have been turned into boomerangs by attaching Skarmory's shed feathers to their sides.
Pokémon
This listing is of Falkner's Pokémon in the Pokémon Special manga.
Pidgeotto |
Noctowl |
Skarmory |
In the TCG
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Falkner or his Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
Name | Type | Level | Rarity | Set | Set no. |
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Falkner's Pidgeot | - | Pokémon VS (no English release) | 1/141 | ||
Falkner's Fearow | - | Pokémon VS (no English release) | 2/141 | ||
Falkner's Farfetch'd | - | Pokémon VS (no English release) | 3/141 | ||
Falkner's Dodrio | - | Pokémon VS (no English release) | 4/141 | ||
Falkner's Togetic | - | Pokémon VS (no English release) | 5/141 | ||
Falkner's Delibird | - | Pokémon VS (no English release) | 6/141 | ||
Falkner's Skarmory | - | H | Pokémon VS (no English release) | 7/141 | |
Falkner's TM 01 | - | - | Pokémon VS (no English release) | 103/141 | |
Falkner's TM 02 | - | - | Pokémon VS (no English release) | 104/141 |
Trivia
- His Japanese Leader title is 華麗なる飛行ポケモン使い.
- Falkner is the only Gym Leader yet that is encountered first by players that does not use Template:Type2 Pokémon. Ironically, one of the Template:Type2's weaknesses is Rock-type moves.
- This is likely due to the fact that Kanto and its Gym Leaders were included in the Generation II games, where a Rock-specialist Gym Leader lives, as well as the fact that 16 Gyms could cover 16 of the 17 elemental types.
- Falkner is the only Gym Leader, besides Brock in Generation I, who gives out a TM that contains a move that is not of his Gym's specialty type.
- Falkner's Pokémon are the lowest level of any Gym Leader. His level 7 and 9 (9 and 13 in Generation IV) Pokémon include an underlevled Pidgeotto that is unobtainable in games other than Pokémon Yellow.
- Falkner is the only Gym Leader from either Kanto or Johto to only use Pokémon of his Gym's specialty type, even in the Pokémon Stadium series.
- Falkner's updated Sugimori artwork depicts him in a pose very similar to that of his Generation II sprite.
Names
Language | Name | Origin |
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Japanese | ハヤト (Hayato) | 隼人瓜 Hayato-Uri, Chayote. 隼人 Hayato literally means "peregrine falcon man". |
English | Falkner | Means one who trains falcons (falconer). |
French | Albert | From albatross. |
German | Falk | From Falke, falcon. |
Italian | Valerio | From volare, to fly. |
Spanish | Pegaso | From Pegasus, the winged horse (Pegaso in Spanish). |
Korean | 비상 Bisang | Similar to 비행 (flight). |
Chinese | 阿速 Ā Sù | 速 is taken from 速人 Hayato, an alternate way of writing the name. |
External links
- Hayato's Profile on Pokeani (Japanese)
- Master of the Sky, the fanlisting for Falkner
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