Hilbert (game)
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| Hilbert トウヤ Tōya | |
 Art from Black and White | |
| Age | 14-15[1][2] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Hair color | Dark brown |
| Hometown | Nuvema Town |
| Region | Unova |
| Relatives | Mom, mentioned father (as player) |
| Trainer class | Pokémon Trainer, player character |
| Generation | V, VII, VIII, IX |
| Counterpart(s) | Hilbert (Masters) |
| Games | Black, White Masters EX |
| English voice actor | Griffin Burns[3] (Masters EX) |
| Japanese voice actor | Junko Minagawa[4] (Masters EX) |
| Animated series | Pokémon Generations |
| Debut | The King Returns |
| English voice actor | N/A |
| Japanese voice actor | N/A |
| Manga series | Pokémon Adventures Be the Best! Pokémon B+W Pocket Monsters BW: The Heroes of Fire and Thunder Pocket Monsters B2 W2 ~ A New Legend ~ Pocket Monsters BW |
| Counterpart(s) | Black (Adventures), Monta, Shin (FAT), Hiro, Black (Pocket Monsters BW) |
| Debut | Choices (Adventures) Advance Toward the Path of the Strongest! (B+W) Justice Trainer Shin Appears! (FAT) ANL1 (ANL) PMBW01 (Pocket Monsters BW) |
Hilbert (Japanese: トウヤ Tōya) is the male player character in Pokémon Black and White. His female counterpart is Hilda.
In the core series games
Pokémon Black and White
As the playable character
Hilbert is a 14-year-old boy who lives in Nuvema Town, as do his childhood friends, Cheren and Bianca. If chosen as the player, he will receive a first partner Pokémon and a Pokédex from Professor Juniper. After setting off on his Pokémon journey at the same time as Cheren and Bianca, Hilbert will at some point be asked by Fennel to do some sort of quest; in return for its completion, Hilbert will receive a C-Gear.
As well as encountering and battling his childhood friends at various points during his journey, Hilbert will also meet a young man known as N, who wishes to create separate worlds for humans and Pokémon. In order to achieve his goals, he and Hilbert will battle several times during the course of the game. Hilbert also battles Team Plasma at various stages of his journey. Ultimately, Hilbert is recognized as a hero by ReshiramB/ZekromW.
As a non-playable character
If not chosen as the player, Hilbert appears as the player's partner in the Battle Subway when choosing to ride the Multi-Train. Two of the following Pokémon are picked from the corresponding list, depending on what the player wants him to base his team on. If the player chooses "A balance between the two," Hilbert's Pokémon are chosen from either list.
Pokémon Black 2 and White 2
In Black 2 and White 2, the protagonist of Black and White was said to be searching for N in a faraway region and has not yet returned home. His mom mistakes the player for him.
Pokémon
Battle Subway Pokémon
This is a list of all the Pokémon used in the Multi Train and Super Multi Train battles. Each Pokémon has a non-Hidden Ability that, along with gender, is randomly selected. These Pokémon will always have the maximum 31 individual values across every stat and the full 510 effort values evenly distributed (rounding down) among two or three stats.
Offensive-based Pokémon
Defensive-based Pokémon
In the spin-off games
Pokémon Masters EX
- Main article: Hilbert (Masters)
Hilbert, who is based on the player character from Pokémon Black, forms a sync pair with Oshawott and its evolved forms Dewott and Samurott, along with Mightyena, Genesect, Glaceon, Incarnate Forme Thundurus, and Shiny White Kyurem in Pokémon Masters EX. Hilbert became a playable sync pair on September 24, 2019.
In this game, his reason for looking for N during the events of Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 is revealed to be due to N having left too suddenly for Hilbert to say goodbye to him, which is similar to what Hilbert's mom also says in Black 2 and White 2. Hilbert first appeared as an NPC during the eighteenth chapter of the PML Arc. He also made a notable appearance later in the Villain Arc.
| Dex | Trainer | NDex | Pokémon | Type | Weakness | Role | EX role | Base potential | Availability | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #067 | 
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Hilbert | #0503 | 
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Oshawott → Dewott → Samurott♂ |
Water
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Electric
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★★★★★☆EX | Sync Pair Scout | |
| #067 | 
|
Fall 2020 Hilbert |
#0262 | 
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Mightyena♂ |
Dark
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Fairy
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★★★★★☆EX | Seasonal Sync Pair Scout | |
| #067 | 
|
Sygna Suit Hilbert |
#0649 | 
|
Genesect |
Bug
|
Fire
|
|
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★★★★★☆EX | Poké Fair Sync Pair Scout |
| #067 |
|
Hilbert | #0471 | 
|
Glaceon♂ |
Ice
|
Fighting
|
|
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★★★★★☆EX | Variety Sync Pair Scout |
| #067 |
|
Hilbert | #0642 | 
|
Thundurus♂  Incarnate Forme |
Electric
|
Rock
|
|
|
★★★★★☆EX | Variety Sync Pair Scout |
| #067 | 
|
Champion Hilbert |
#0646 | 
|
Kyurem  White Kyurem |
Ice
|
Steel
|
|
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★★★★★☆EX | EX Master Fair Sync Pair Scout |
Quotes
- Main article: Hilbert (game)/Quotes
Counterparts
In animation
Pokémon Generations
Hilbert briefly appeared in The King Returns, where he arrived at the Giant Chasm on the back of his Zekrom to help N battle Ghetsis and White Kyurem.
Much like the other player characters depicted in Pokémon Generations, Hilbert doesn't have any lines of dialogue.
Pokémon
| Debut | The King Returns |
|---|
Zekrom is Hilbert's only known Pokémon. It appeared alongside its Trainer to help N stop Ghetsis.
Zekrom's only known move is Thunderbolt.
GOTCHA!
Hilbert briefly appeared in GOTCHA!, with his Zekrom.
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
- Main article: Black (Adventures)
Black from Pokémon Adventures is based on Hilbert, whose dream is to be the Champion of the Unova Pokémon League.
Be the Best! Pokémon B+W
- Main article: Monta
Monta from Be the Best! Pokémon B+W is based on Hilbert.
Pocket Monsters BW: Meetings with the Legends
- Main article: Touya (MWL)
Touya from Pocket Monsters BW: Meetings with the Legends is based on Hilbert.
Pocket Monsters BW: The Heroes of Fire and Thunder
- Main article: Shin (FAT)
Shin from Pocket Monsters BW: The Heroes of Fire and Thunder is based on Hilbert.
Pocket Monsters B2 W2 ~ A New Legend ~
- Main article: Hiro
Hiro from Pocket Monsters B2 W2 ~ A New Legend ~ is based on Hilbert.
Pocket Monsters BW
Black from Pocket Monsters BW is based on Hilbert.
Gallery
Artwork
Standard
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| Artwork from Black and White | Liberty Garden Island artwork with Victini and Hilda |
| Battle Subway artwork | Artwork of the Pokémon Musical for Pokémon Day by Megumi Mizutani |
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| Promotional artwork by Yusuke Ohmura[citation needed] | |
Merchandise
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| Pokémon Friends 3DS theme artwork | Hilbert and Victini concept artwork for Kotobukiya ArtFx J figurines |
Game assets
Sprites and models
This is a selection of game assets featuring Hilbert from the core series Pokémon games.
| Generation V | |||
| B W Sprite |
B W Sprite (Wonder Launcher) |
B W Back sprite |
B W VS sprite |
| B W Overworld sprite |
B W Overworld sprite (Surfing) |
B W Opening sprite |
B W Xtransceiver sprite |
| B2 W2 Sprite |
B2 W2 Sprite (Wonder Launcher) | ||
Trivia
- From a bird's-eye view, Hilbert's hat looks like a Poké Ball.
- Unused text in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 indicates that Hilbert and Hilda were originally planned as opponents at the Pokémon World Tournament.
- Hilbert and Hilda are the first player characters in the core series games not to have pre-programmed names either by choice or in case one isn't specified.
- In the May 2010 volume of CoroCoro Comics and the January 2011 volume of Nintendo Dream, it was stated that Hilbert and Hilda are older than previous player characters, but it is not said how much older they actually are.
- According to game scenario author Toshinobu Matsumiya, Hilbert and Hilda were initially visualized to be at the age of 16. This currently lines up with how old they would be in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2.[5]
- Hilbert's name may be a reference to David Hilbert, a German mathematician who developed Hilbert's program in an attempt to prove mathematical truth. This is similar to the theme of truth and ideals throughout Black and White.
- This is also similar to N's mathematical motifs.
- Ash's appearance in Pokėmon the Series: Black and White, is inspired by Hilbert's design. Ash's outfit is slightly altered, having a primarily white jacket with short sleeves and a light blue top; and his hat being white in the front and red in the back (being the inverse of Hilbert's).
Names
This character is named Hilbert (Japanese: トウヤ Tōya) in his NPC appearance in the Battle Subway. It is also his most commonly used name, being used in merchandising and in Pokémon Masters EX.
He was named Black (Japanese: ブラック Black) in certain pre-release material. English demos for Black and White refer to the character as Blair, while English screenshots refer to him as Kuro. If a transferred Pokémon that has a trainer with a prohibited name comes from Black or Black 2, the Pokémon's OT will also be set to Kuro* (Japanese: ブラック． Black.), while Pokémon from White or White 2 will have their OT set to Shiro* (Japanese: ホワイト． White.).
| Language | Name | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | トウヤ Tōya | From 闘 tō (fight) and ～也 -ya (common suffix in Japanese masculine names) |
| English | Hilbert | From Hilbert, a masculine name derived from the Germanic elements hild (battle) and berht (bright) |
| German | Warren | From war |
| European Spanish, Latin American Spanish |
Lucho | From lucha (fight) and the name Lucho (diminutive form of the name Luis, which is itself a cognate to the name Ludwig) |
| French | Ludwig | From Ludwig, a Germanic masculine name derived from the Germanic elements hlud (famous) and wig (battle) |
| Italian | Alcide | From Alcide (Alcides), birth name of Heracles (divine hero in Greek mythology) where the former is derived from Ancient Greek ἀλκή ălkḗ (prowess; battle) |
| Korean | 투지 Tuji | From 투지 (鬪志) tuji (fighting spirit) |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 鬥也 Dòuyě / Dauyáh | From 鬥 dòu / dau (fight) and an orthographic borrowing of Japanese 也 ya |
References
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