Primo
- If you were looking for the character whose Spanish and Italian name is Primo, see Earl Dervish.
| Primo ハジメ Hajime | |
 Artwork from the Pokémon Daisuki Club website | |
| Age | 27FRLG[1] 30HGSS |
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| Gender | Male |
| Eye color | Unknown |
| Hair color | Unknown |
| Hometown | Unknown |
| Region | Kanto, Johto |
| Relatives | Old man (grandfather), Maximo (younger twin brother), unnamed sister or cousin |
| Trainer class | Poké Dude |
| Generation | III, IV |
| Games | FireRed, LeafGreen, HeartGold, SoulSilver |
Primo (Japanese: ハジメ Hajime) is a non-player character that appears in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen and Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.
In Generation III, his real name is not mentioned, and Primo is known simply as the Poké Dude (Japanese: テレビのおにいさん TV Dude). His name is revealed when he appears in Generation IV. Primo is the grandson of the old man in Viridian City who teaches the player how to catch Pokémon in Generation I and gives the Teachy TV in FireRed and LeafGreen.
Outside of the games, Primo is the face of Pokémon Daisuki Club website's subsection on HeartGold and SoulSilver.
In the core series games
Generation III
Primo appears in FireRed and LeafGreen as the host of the Poké Dude Show (renamed The Show Me Show in HeartGold and SoulSilver, even though the show itself is absent from these games). This television show broadcast on the Teachy TV and is aimed at Trainers who have just begun their Pokémon journeys. Primo instructs the player on six key gameplay elements:
- How to battle
- What a status condition is
- What type matchups are
- How to catch Pokémon
- What TMs are
- How to register an item
The Poké Dude Show is filmed on Route 1.
Generation IV
At some point between Generations III and IV, Primo moved from Kanto to Johto. In HeartGold and SoulSilver, he is first found in Violet City's Pokémon Center. If the player tells Primo a secret combination of words (using the easy chat system), they will be given a new PC Box wallpaper or a Pokémon Egg. There are eight wallpapers available, and three Eggs: a Mareep, a Wooper and a Slugma. All of the passwords required to receive these gifts are dependent on the player's Trainer ID number, and were officially made available for Japanese games from the Box Wallpaper Present! and Teach Me, Poké Dude! pages on the Pokémon Daisuki Club website. Online generators have since been created to provide these phrases for any game.
Primo will sometimes compete in the Power course of the Pokéathlon.
Pokémon
Teachy TV
Teach me how to battle. and What are status problems?
What are type matchups?
I want to catch Pokémon.
Caught during I want to catch Pokémon.
Pokéathlon
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Power Course Supreme Cup | |||
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Given away (as Eggs)
TMs
 TM Case
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 TM01 (Focus Punch) TM03 (Water Pulse) TM09 (Bullet Seed) TM35 (Flamethrower)
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Gallery
Sprites
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| Back sprite from FireRed and LeafGreen |
Overworld sprite from FireRed and LeafGreen |
Overworld sprite from HeartGold and SoulSilver |
Quotes
Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen
- Start of the show
- "Hey, all you Trainers out there! Hello, Trainers! ...Come on, let me hear you! Hello, Trainers! It's me, the Poké Dude!"
- Before moving to a particular aspect of the show
- "All righty, here goes! Keep your eyes glued to the super Poké Dude Show!"
- Before moving to the TM Case
- "All righty, here goes! Keep your eyes glued to the somewhat super Poké Dude Show!"
- End of the show
- "Remember, Trainers, a good deed a day brings happiness to stay!"
Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver
- "Hello! I should be a familiar face to every Pokémon fan. I'm from the TV show, "The Show Me Show!" I am Primo, the big brother! Today, would you, one of my fans, tell me what you think of me?"
- No: "You cannot possibly mean that you are not interested in the big brother...? Arrgh, that cannot be true! You are just busy right now, aren't you? This must be it! Why don't you answer my questions when you've got time for me? See you!"
- Yes: "Oh my...! Is that how you feel about me?! I never thought of it that way before. By the way, how do you like the way I am so exciting and fun?"
- "Truly? That gives me all-new energy so I can work even harder! Great feedback! It'll help me a lot. Thank you for your continued support!"
- Giving a wallpaper
- "...! You are no ordinary fan, knowing such a thing! You're a Trainer, right? I'll pull some strings for you. I think I can swing a deal to get you a new wallpaper for your PC Boxes. Make sure you keep your channel tuned to "The Show Me Show!" And don't forget about me, the big brother!"
- Giving an Egg
- "...! You are no ordinary fan, knowing such a thing! You are a Trainer, right? I'll pull some strings for you. I think I can swing a deal and give you this Egg. You take good care of it!"
In the TCG
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Primo (as the Poké Dude) or his Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
| Related cards Cards listed with a blue background are only legal to use in the current Expanded format. Cards listed with a green background are legal to use in both the current Standard and Expanded formats. | |||||||
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| Card | Type | English Expansion |
Rarity | # | Japanese Expansion |
Rarity | # |
| Poké Dude | T [Su] | Unnumbered Promotional cards | |||||
Trivia
- Hironobu Yoshida once performed in a live-action version of Teachy TV, dressing up as the Poké Dude to present it. Depictions of him in various poses form the basis for the illustration for the Poké Dude promotional card.
- He, his grandfather, and the Dude are the only NPCs to receive a back sprite, but not a front one.
- It is possible for Poliwag, Butterfree, Rattata, Pidgey, Jigglypuff and Oddish to be shiny in the Teachy TV tutorials, although the wild Pokèmon will not sparkle when encountered.
Names
| Language | Name | Origin |
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| Japanese | ハジメ Hajime | From 初め hajime (beginning; first) |
| English | Primo | From prime |
| German, French | Castor | From Castor, the elder of the Dioscuri twin in Greek and Roman mythology |
| European Spanish | Cástor | From Cástor (Castor) |
| Italian | Castore | From Càstore (Castor) |
| Korean | 큰형님 Keun Hyeong-nim | From 큰 keun (great), 형 (兄) hyeong (elder brother), and the honorific ～님 -nim |
| Chinese (Taiwan) | 阿始 Ā Shǐ[n 1] | From 始 shǐ (beginning) and the familial prefix 阿 ā |
Poké Dude
| Language | Name | Origin |
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| Japanese | テレビのおにいさん Terebi no Onī-san | From テレビ terebi (television) and お兄さん onī-san (elder brother) |
| English | Poké Dude | From dude |
| German | Pokékumpel | From Kumpel (buddy) |
| European Spanish | Pokélotodo | From sabelotodo (know-it-all) |
| French | Pote Pokémon | From pote (buddy) |
| Italian | Guido de Guidis | From guidare (to guide) |
Notes
References
- ↑ Look at Poké Dude, 27 and all, but still into Pokémon! - Teach Me, Poké Dude!
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