View source for Gene (TCG GB)

{{CharInfobox
|color={{tcg fighting color}}
|corecolor={{tcg fighting color light}}
|bordercolor={{tcg fighting color dark}}
|name=Gene
|jname=ゲンゾウ
|tmname=Genzō
|image=Master Gene.png
|size=120px
|caption=Club Master Gene
|gender=Male
|hometown=Unknown
|region=[[Trading Card Game Islands]]
|trainer=yes
|trainerclass=[[Club Master]]
|game=yes
|generation={{gen|I}}
|games={{vg|Pokémon Trading Card Game}};<br>[[Pokémon Trading Card Game 2: The Invasion of Team GR!]]
|leader=yes
|gym=Rock Club
|specialist=yes
|type={{e|Fighting}} [[Fighting (TCG)|Rock]]
|badge=Rock Medal
|brain=no
|anime=no
|epnum=
|epname=
}}

'''Gene''' (Japanese: '''ゲンゾウ''' ''Genzō'') is the [[Club Master]] of the [[Rock Club]] (Japanese: '''ストーンクラブ''' ''Stone Club'').  He plays using the Rock Crusher Deck (Japanese: '''がんせきおとしデッキ''' ''Rock Tumble Deck'') and gives away the {{DL|Master Medal|Rock Medal}} to challengers who defeat him. In [[Pokémon Trading Card Game 2: The Invasion of Team GR!]], he uses the '''いわのうえにも３ねんデッキ''' ''Even 3 Years on a Rock Deck''.

He admires {{type|Rock}} Pokémon for being hard and strong. He believes that they won't crumble under pressure. He calls weaklings "softies".

The Rock Club appears to be filled with sand and stone statues.

==Pokémon Trading Card Game==
He gives out two {{GB|1|Mystery}} booster packs and a {{DL|Master Medal|Rock Medal}} if the player defeats him.
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===Rock Crusher Deck===
{{main|Rock Crusher Deck (TCG)}}
{{decklist/header}}
{{decklist/entry|4|{{TCG ID|Base Set|Diglett|47}}|Fighting||Common}}
{{decklist/entry|2|{{TCG ID|Base Set|Dugtrio|19}}|Fighting||Rare}}
{{decklist/entry|4|{{TCG ID|Fossil|Geodude|47}}|Fighting||Common}}
{{decklist/entry|3|{{TCG ID|Fossil|Graveler|37}}|Fighting||Uncommon}}
{{decklist/entry|2|{{TCG ID|Fossil|Golem|36}}|Fighting||Uncommon}}
{{decklist/entry|3|{{TCG ID|Base Set|Onix|56}}|Fighting||Common}}
{{decklist/entry|3|{{TCG ID|Jungle|Rhyhorn|61}}|Fighting||Common}}
{{decklist/entry|2|{{TCG ID|Base Set|Professor Oak|88}}|Trainer||Uncommon}}
{{decklist/entry|1|{{TCG ID|Base Set|Pokémon Breeder|76}}|Trainer||Rare}}
{{decklist/entry|2|{{TCG ID|Base Set|Energy Removal|92}}|Trainer||Common}}
{{decklist/entry|2|{{TCG ID|Base Set|Switch|95}}|Trainer||Common}}
{{decklist/entry|1|{{TCG ID|Base Set|Computer Search|71}}|Trainer||Rare}}
{{decklist/entry|2|{{TCG ID|Base Set|Defender|80}}|Trainer||Uncommon}}
{{decklist/entry|1|{{TCG ID|Base Set|Super Potion|90}}|Trainer||Uncommon}}
{{decklist/entry|2|{{TCG ID|Base Set|Potion|94}}|Trainer||Common}}
{{decklist/entry|24|{{TCG|Fighting Energy}}|Energy|Fighting|None}}
{{decklist/entry|2|{{TCG ID|Base Set|Double Colorless Energy|96}}|Energy|Colorless|Uncommon}}
{{decklist/footer}}

===Quotes===
'''Initial challenge'''
:''"I am Gene, the Master of the Rock Club! Rock is good...Isn't rock good, <{{player}}>...? Rock is hard and strong! Doesn't crumble under pressure! After you duel me, you'll know I'm right! Come! Show me what you're made of!"''

::'''No''': ''"I have no time for a softie like you! Come back here after you've hardened your nerve!"''
::'''Yes''':''"Our duel will be played with 6 prizes! You won't get the Rock Medal unless you defeat me!"''

:''"Wonderful... Your persistence - persistence that can even break rock - has led you to defeat me! You are worthy of receiving this Rock Medal! And take this booster pack, too. ...And another booster pack: Mystery."''

:''"I look forward to the day we duel again!"''

==Pokémon Trading Card Game 2: The Invasion of Team GR!==
===Even 3 Years on a Rock Deck===
{{main|Even 3 Years on a Rock Deck (TCG)}}
'''Even 3 Years on a Rock Deck''' (Japanese: '''いわのうえにも３ねんデッキ''') is played by Gene. Defeating Gene in a 6 prize card match grants the player the [[GB Coin|Kabuto Coin]]. Additional prizes upon any victory are one {{GB|2|Island of Fossil}} booster pack and one {{GB|2|Beginning Pokémon}} booster pack. Players also have access to this deck in [[Auto Deck Machine]] 1.

At the start of the game, Gene was approached by [[Yūta|GR1]] when the player arrives, and unlike most of the other Club Masters, Gene was able to defeat GR1 and successfully defend the Rock Club. Players are required to battle Gene in order to be able to challenge GR1 at the [[Fighting Club]].

{{decklist/header}}
{{decklist/entry|4|{{TCG ID|Fossil|Geodude|47}}|Fighting||Common}}
{{decklist/entry|3|{{TCG ID|Vending|Graveler|S2}}|Fighting||Uncommon}}
{{decklist/entry|4|{{TCG ID|Vending|Onix|S2}}|Fighting||Uncommon}}
{{decklist/entry|4|{{TCG ID|Jungle|Cubone|50}}|Fighting||Common}}
{{decklist/entry|3|{{TCG ID|Evolution|Marowak|B33}}|Fighting||Uncommon}}
{{decklist/entry|4|{{TCG ID|Jungle|Rhyhorn|61}}|Fighting||Common}}
{{decklist/entry|3|{{TCG ID|Jungle|Rhydon|45}}|Fighting||Uncommon}}
{{decklist/entry|3|{{TCG ID|Base Set|Energy Retrieval|81}}|Trainer||Uncommon}}
{{decklist/entry|1|{{TCG ID|Base Set|Professor Oak|88}}|Trainer||Uncommon}}
{{decklist/entry|1|{{TCG ID|Fossil|Gambler|60}}|Trainer||Common}}
{{decklist/entry|2|{{TCG ID|Base Set|Switch|95}}|Trainer||Common}}
{{decklist/entry|2|{{TCG ID|Base Set|Bill|91}}|Trainer||Common}}
{{decklist/entry|26|{{TCG|Fighting Energy}}|Energy|Fighting|None}}
{{decklist/footer}}

==Gallery==
===Sprites===
{| style="margin:auto; text-align:center; {{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{tcg fighting color dark}}; background: #{{tcg fighting color}}; font-size: 80%;"
|-
| style="{{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{tcg fighting color dark}}; background: #{{tcg fighting color light}}"| [[File:TCG1 Gene.png]]
| style="{{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{tcg fighting color dark}}; background: #{{tcg fighting color light}}"| [[File:TCG2 Gene.png]]
| style="{{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{tcg fighting color dark}}; background: #{{tcg fighting color light}}"| [[File:TCG2 Gene Win.png]]
| style="{{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{tcg fighting color dark}}; background: #{{tcg fighting color light}}"| [[File:TCG2 Gene Loss.png]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{tcg fighting color dark}}; background: #{{tcg fighting color light}}"| [[File:Gene OD.png]]
| style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{tcg fighting color dark}}; background: #{{tcg fighting color light}}"| [[File:TCG2 Gene OD.png]]
|-
| Sprite from {{color2|000|Pokémon Trading Card Game (video game)|Pokémon<br>Trading Card Game}}
| Main sprite from {{color2|000|Pokémon Trading Card Game 2: The Invasion of Team GR!|Pokémon<br>Trading Card Game 2}}
| Win sprite from {{color2|000|Pokémon Trading Card Game 2: The Invasion of Team GR!|Pokémon<br>Trading Card Game 2}}
| Loss sprite from {{color2|000|Pokémon Trading Card Game 2: The Invasion of Team GR!|Pokémon<br>Trading Card Game 2}}
| Overworld sprite<br/>({{color2|000|Pokémon Trading Card Game (video game)|GB1}})
| Overworld sprite<br/>({{color2|000|Pokémon Trading Card Game 2: The Invasion of Team GR!|GB2}})
|}

==Trivia==
* Gene's deck in GB2, '''いわのうえにも３ねんデッキ''' ''Even 3 Years on a Rock Deck'', is a reference to a Japanese proverb; even a rock could be warmed if one sat on it for three years. The proverb is meant to teach the value of perseverance.

==Names==
{| class="roundy" style="float:left; background: #{{tcg fighting color light}}; 10px; border: 3px solid #{{tcg fighting color}}"
|- style="text-align:center"
! Language
! Name
! Origin
|- style="background:#FFF;"
|Japanese
|ゲンゾウ ''Genzou''
|
|- style="background:#FFF;"
|English, Italian
|Gene
|
|- style="background:#FFF;"
|French
|Jean
|
|- style="background:#FFF;"
|German
|Olaf
|
|- style="background:#FFF; {{roundybl|10px}}" 
|Spanish
|Rocco
|
|}
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[[Category:Rock-type Trainers]]

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