Time Gear
The Time Gears (Japanese: ときのはぐるま Time Gears) are artifacts of great importance in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time and Explorers of Darkness and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky.
History
The Time Gears help keep control of the flow of time in the Pokémon world. Even the most hardened criminals know not to disturb the Time Gears, lest the proper flow of time be disrupted in that general area. However, in the beginning of the events of Explorers of Time, Darkness, and Sky, a mysterious thief starts to steal them over the course of the storyline, causing time in those areas to stand still. Three of the five Time Gears are guarded by the lake guardians, and one of the other two is guarded by a Ditto. The other Time Gear is unprotected.
The thief is found to be Grovyle, who is from the future. Over the course of the story, he is eventually brought to justice, and the stolen Time Gears are returned to their respective areas. However, it is then revealed that Grovyle stole the Time Gears to prevent an even greater catastrophe: the paralysis of the planet. It is also revealed that Dusknoir, a famous explorer believed to be a hero, is actually a servant of Primal Dialga, the main villain of the first storyline. Grovyle arrived from the future with the hero to stop the paralysis of the planet. Grovyle explains that the frozen time caused by the missing Time Gears would be only in effect temporarily until they were placed in Temporal Tower, Dialga's domain, where the flow of time would be fixed permanently. The hero and their partner then decide to help Grovyle collect the Time Gears again, and return to Wigglytuff's Guild to explain the situation to the guild members.
When the hero, partner and Grovyle visit Treeshroud Forest to take the first Time Gear again, time has already frozen. This prompts Grovyle to act quickly to obtain the rest of the Time Gears. The party then goes to the Hidden Land, and from there, Temporal Tower. Grovyle throws himself and Dusknoir, their pursuer, into a Dimensional Hole leading back to the future, while he entrusts the five Time Gears to the hero and partner in order to prevent history from repeating itself. Together, the hero and their partner place the Time Gears in the slots at the top of the tower after defeating Primal Dialga, effectively preventing a future of darkness. The story of Grovyle and Dusknoir is then continued in the fifth Special Episode, In the Future of Darkness. Eventually, it is revealed that Darkrai was actually the one responsible for all of these events.
Locations
| Location | Guarded by | |
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| Fogbound Lake | 
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Uxie |
| Underground Lake | 
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Mesprit |
| Crystal Lake | 
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Azelf |
| Treeshroud Forest | None | |
| Limestone CavernS (Special Episode: Here Comes Team Charm!) | 
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Ditto |
Game icons
A Time Gear is featured as the Nintendo DS homescreen icons for Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness, and Explorers of Sky.
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| Explorers of Time | Explorers of Darkness | Explorers of Sky |
In animation
A Time Gear appeared in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness, where Grovyle stole it from a cave.
In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky - Beyond Time & Darkness, Grovyle gave three Time Gears to Team Poképals when he was about to go back to the future.
In other languages
| Language | Title | |
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| Japanese | 時の歯車* Toki no Haguruma | |
| French | Rouage du Temps | |
| German | Zahnrad der Zeit | |
| Italian | Ingranaggio del Tempo | |
| Korean | 시간의 톱니바퀴 Sigan-ui Tomnibakwi | |
| Spanish | Engranaje del Tiempo | |
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