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:''Poké Dude redirects here. For the [[Pokémon Daisuki Club]] card of the same name, see {{TCG ID|Fan Club|Poké Dude|promo}}. For the character who teaches players how to catch Pokémon in [[Generation II]], see [[Dude]].''
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{{CharInfobox|
color={{power color}} |
corecolor={{power color light}} |
bordercolor={{power color dark}} |
name=Primo |
jname=ハジメ|
tmname=Hajime |
image=Primo2.png |
size=250px |
caption=Primo's artwork from [[Pokémon Daisuki Club]] website |
gender=Male |
hometown=Unknown, possibly [[Viridian City]] |
region=[[Kanto]] and [[Johto]] |
relatives={{ka|Old man}}, [[Maximo]] |
trainer=yes |
trainerclass={{pkmn|Trainer}} |
game=yes |
generation={{gen|III}}, {{gen|IV}} |
games={{2v2|FireRed|LeafGreen}}, {{2v2|HeartGold|SoulSilver}}
}}
'''Primo''' (Japanese: '''ハジメ''' ''Hajime'') is a non-player character that appears in {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}} and {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}.

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''' ''Television Dude''). He is the grandson of the {{ka|old man}} in [[Viridian City]] who teaches the player how to catch Pokémon in {{game2|Red|Blue|Yellow}} and gives the {{DL|List of key items in Generation III|Teachy TV}} in FireRed and LeafGreen.

Primo is also the face of [[Pokémon Daisuki Club]] website's subsection on {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}. On this site a player can get the passwords needed to obtain the wallpapers from him in [[Violet City]] Pokémon Center.

==Generation III==
===Role in the games===
Primo appears in FireRed and LeafGreen as the host of the Poké Dude Show (renamed "The Show Me Show" in [[Generation IV]]). This television show broadcast on the {{DL|List of key items in Generation III|Teachy TV}} and is is aimed at Trainers who have just begun their Pokémon journeys. Primo instructs the player on six key gameplay elements:

* how to {{pkmn|battle}}
* how to {{pkmn2|caught|catch}} {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}
* what [[Damage modification|type matchups]] are
* what a [[status ailment]] is
* what [[TM]]s are
* how to register an item

The Poké Dude Show is filmed on [[Route 1]].

===Pokémon===
Primo uses these Pokémon when demonstrating on the Teachy TV.

{{Party|color={{power color}}
|headcolor={{power color light}}
|bordercolor={{power color dark}}
|sprite=Poké_Dude.png|prize=None|class=Poké|name=Dude|game={{2v2|FireRed|LeafGreen}}|location=[[Kanto]]|pokemon=4
|pokemon1={{Pokémon|gen=3|game=FireRed|ndex=012|pokemon=Butterfree|type1=Bug|type2=Flying|ability=Compoundeyes|level=15|gender=male|move1=Confusion|move1type=Psychic|move2=Stun Spore|move2type=Grass|move3=Sleep Powder|move3type=Grass|move4=PoisonPowder|move4type=Poison}}
|pokemon2={{Pokémon|gen=3|game=FireRed|ndex=039|pokemon=Jigglypuff|type1=Normal|ability=Cute Charm|level=11|gender=male|move1=Pound|move1type=Normal}}
|pokemon3={{Pokémon|gen=3|game=FireRed|ndex=019|pokemon=Rattata|type1=Normal|level=15|gender=male|ability=Unknown|move1=Tackle|move1type=Normal|move2=Hyper Fang|move2type=Normal|move3=Quick Attack|move3type=Normal|move4=Tail Whip|move4type=Normal}}
|pokemon4={{Pokémon|gen=3|game=FireRed|ndex=060|pokemon=Poliwag|type1=Water|level=15|gender=male|ability=Unknown|move1=Bubble|move1type=Water|move2=Water Gun|move2type=Water|move3=Hypnosis|move3type=Psychic}}
}}

===TMs owned===
{| {| style="background: #{{power color light}}; {{roundy|1em}}; border: 3px solid #{{power color dark}};" width=300px
|-
|
{| border=1 width="100%" align="center" style="background: #FFFFFF; border:1px solid #{{power color dark}}; border-collapse:collapse;"
|- style="background: #{{power color light}};"
! colspan=2 | TM
! Move
|- style="background: #{{fighting color light}};"
| align="center" width="30px" | {{bag|TM Fighting}}
! {{color2|000|TM01}}
| align="center" | {{mcolor|Focus Punch|000}}
|-
|- style="background: #{{water color light}};"
| align="center" width="30px" | {{bag|TM Water}}
! {{color2|000|TM03}}
| align="center" | {{mcolor|Water Pulse|000}}
|- style="background: #{{grass color light}};"
| align="center" width="30px" | {{bag|TM Grass}}
! {{color2|000|TM09}}
| align="center" | {{mcolor|Bullet Seed|000}}
|- style="background: #{{fire color light}};"
| align="center" width="30px" | {{bag|TM Fire}}
! {{color2|000|TM35}}
| align="center" | {{mcolor|Flamethrower|000}}
|}
|}

===Quotes===
At the start of the show:<br>
''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:<br>
''All righty, here goes! Keep your eyes glued to the super Poké Dude Show!''

At the end of the show: <br>
''Remember, Trainers, a good deed a day brings happiness to stay!''

===Images===
<gallery perrow="4">
File:Teachy TV menu.png|The Teachy TV menu screen
File:Teachy TV logo.png|The Teachy TV logo is displayed at the start of each show.
File:Teachy TV setting.png|Each show is set north of [[Pallet Town]], on [[Route 1]].
File:Teachy TV battle.png|Primo teaches by engaging battles with wild Pokémon.
</gallery>

==Generation IV==
[[File:Primo.png|thumb|250px|Primo in {{2v2|HeartGold|SoulSilver}}]]
At some point between Generations III and IV, Primo moved from Kanto to Johto. In {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}, he is first found in [[Violet City]]'s [[Pokémon Center]]. If the player tells him a secret combination of words there, he will give him or her a new {{DL|Pokémon storage system|wallpaper}} for their PC boxes or a [[Pokémon egg]]. Each combination differs from between games and is dependent on the [[Trainer ID number]] of the game.

Later in the game, Primo will compete in the [[Pokéathlon]]'s Supreme Cup in the Power Course with his {{p|Machamp}}, {{p|Rhydon}}, and {{p|Granbull}}.

===Pokémon===
{|border="1" style="border: 1px solid #000; border-collapse: collapse;" width=300px cellspacing="0"
|-
| align=center | [[File:Spr 4h 068.png]]<br>{{p|Machamp}}
| align=center | [[File:Spr 4h 112 m.png]]<br>{{p|Rhydon}}
| align=center | [[File:Spr 4h 210.png]]<br>{{p|Granbull}}
|}

The Pokemon that Primo gives would be a Mareep, Wooper, and Slugma

==In the TCG==
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring the Poké Dude or his Pokémon in the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]].
{| {{bluetable}} 
|- style="background: #DDDDFF;"
!Name
!Type
!Rarity
!Set
|-
| {{TCG ID|Fan Club|Poké Dude|promo}} || T || - || {{TCG|Unnumbered Promotional cards}} (no English release)
|}

==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 is the only NPC shown to possess a {{DL|List of key items in Generation III|TM Case}}, though it is natural to assume that other Trainers also own TM Cases.
===In other languages===
{| border="1" style="border: 1px solid #88a; border-collapse: collapse;" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="2"
|- style="background: #ccf;"
! Language
! Name
! Origin
|- 
|Japanese
|ハジメ ''Hajime''
|
|-
|English
|Primo
|
|-
|German
|Castor
|
|-
|French
|Castor
|
|-
|Italian
|Castore
|
|-
|Spanish
|Cástor
|
|-
|Korean
|큰형님 ''Keun Hyeongnim''
|
|}

==External links==
* [http://www.filb.de/games/tools/aikotoba?l=en Secret Phrase Generator]


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[[Category:HeartGold and SoulSilver characters]]
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