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name=Silver|
jname=銀次郎 |
tmname=Ginjirō|
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image=Silver PM.png |
size=145px |
caption=Silver|
age=no |
years= |
gender=Male |
hometown=[[New Bark Town]] |
region=[[Johto]] |
trainer=no |
game=no |
leader=no |
team=no |
brain=no |
anime=no |
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'''Silver''' (Japanese: '''銀次郎''' ''Ginjirō'') is a character from the [[Pokémon Pocket Monsters]] manga. He is a rival of {{OBP|Red|Pocket Monsters}} and is based on {{ga|Silver}} from {{game|Gold and Silver|s}}.

== History ==
Silver first appeared in ''[[PM062|Welcome Back, Clefairy!!]]'', where he was recommended to {{OBP|Professor Oak|Pocket Monsters}} along with {{OBP|Gold|Pocket Monsters}} by [[Professor Elm]] to travel around the Johto region and complete the Pokédex. Starting off with a Totodile, Silver receives his hand-held device, a Pokédex, and sets off. During that time, he meets {{OBP|Red|Pocket Monsters}} who tells him the basics of training. Unlike the games, he does not steal Totodile but {{OBP|Green|Pocket Monsters|another Trainer}} got that honor. He makes a cameo in the [[PM063|next chapter]] in Professor Elm's flashback.

Silver reappeared in ''[[PM065|Clefairy, the Battle Instructor]]'', where he has his Totodile battle {{TP|Red|Clefairy}}. During the battle, Clefairy uses a vehicle powered up by {{p|Donphan}} to chase Silver and Totodile away.

In ''[[PM083|Pokémon Snowball Fight]]'', he competes in a race with Red's other rivals. During the race, he does not make it onward after {{OBP|Green|Pocket Monsters}} threw him off course with his {{TP|Green|Charizard}}. Silver reappeared in ''[[PM105|Return light to Bellossom!!]]'' where he helps Red fight off a {{p|Pineco}}.

== Personality ==
Silver is very different from his game counterpart as he did not steal the starter Pokémon that had a type advantage to Gold's. Also, he is seen being friendly to Red most of the time in contrast to Red's rivals in Kanto.

== Pokémon ==
{{TrainerPoké
|trainer=Silver
|pkmn=Totodile
|type1=Water
|img=Silver Totodile PM.png
|epnum=PM062
|epname=Welcome Back, Clefairy!!
|desc=Silver received this {{p|Totodile}} from Professor Oak. Totodile was shown to be affectionate toward {{TP|Red|Clefairy}}, biting him on the head. Totodile had its first battle onscreen in ''[[PM065|Clefairy, the Battle Instructor]]'' with Clefairy. Silver chose Totodile as his racing partner in ''[[PM083|Pokémon Snowball Fight]]'' during a race against Red's other rivals. Totodile was seen knocked out with its Trainer after Silver got thrown off course by Green. In ''[[PM105|Return light to Bellossom!!]]'', it helped out Red in fighting a wild {{p|Pineco}}.

Totodile's known moves are {{m|Water Gun}} and {{m|Scratch}}.}}

==Trivia==
===Name origin===
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|- style="text-align:center"
! Language
! Name
! Origin
|- style="background: #FFF;"
|Japanese
| 銀次郎 ''Ginjirō''
| From 銀 ''gin'', {{wp|silver}}, and 次郎 ''jirō''.
|}

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