Mom (Johto)

Mom おかあさん Mother
Art from Gold and Silver
Gender	Female
Hometown	New Bark Town
Region	Johto
Generation	II, IV
Games	Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold, SoulSilver

Mother or Mom (Japanese: おかあさん mother) is the mother of Ethan, Kris^C, or Lyra^HGSS.

Terminology

Generation II

In Generation II, her name on the Pokégear phone is "MOM". She is also referred this way in the game dialogue, such as in "Sent some to MOM!" when sending money to her after a Pokémon battle. However, in the game data, she is referred to as MOTHER in the unused feature that would allow the player to choose her name.

Several characters mention "your mom" (written in lowercase), but she herself mentions "your MOM" in all-caps:

• "Come see your MOM sometime!" (Mom's phone call)
• "Wow, your POKéGEAR is impressive! Did your mom get it for you?"; "Hi, <player>! Leaving again? You should tell your mom if you are leaving. Call your mom on your POKéGEAR to let her know how you're doing." (said by a non-player character in New Bark Town)
• "Before you leave, make sure that you talk to your mom." (Professor Elm)
• "You're traveling all alone? Isn't your mom worried?" (Pokéfan Colin on S.S. Aqua)

Generation IV

In Generation IV, her name on the Pokégear phone is "Mother". However, she is known as Mom when sending money to her after Pokémon battles: "Sent some to Mom!"

She is also known as "Mom" at the start of her quotes. For instance:

• "Mom: <player>! Welcome home. It sounds like you had quite the experience out there. Maybe you should take a quick rest so you can relax."

In the core series games

In the Generation II games and in HeartGold and SoulSilver, the player's mother informs them that the Pokégear has returned from the repair shop. In Generation II, she then helps set the day of the week and, in non-Japanese and non-Korean releases, set daylight saving time accordingly (except if it's between 11:00 PM and 12:59 AM in-game, in which the game prevents this due to the day of the week changing; she will claim that she lost the instruction booklet for the Pokégear, although not during the initial setup process).

She will save the player's money at their request so that a quarter of the money won from each battle is automatically sent to her, and money can be deposited and withdrawn from her (in HeartGold and SoulSilver, if the player has $999,999 on hand then no additional money earned from battles will be sent to her, contrary to what the end-of-battle dialogue claims). She occasionally buys decorations^GSC, damage-reducing Berries^HGSS, or other items (listed below) with the player's money, then apologizes for spending the money she is saving. Her cooking specialty is the Cinnabar Volcano Burger.

Items purchased

Generation II

After the player wins a Trainer battle, the player's mother may purchase items for them.

When the player's savings reach certain amounts, the player's mother may purchase one of the items below. Each item can only be obtained once.

Trigger	Cost	Item
$900	$600		Super Potion
$4000	$270		Repel
$7000	$600		Super Potion
$10000	$1800		Charmander Doll
$15000	$3000		Moon Stone
$19000	$600		Super Potion
$30000	$4800		Clefairy Doll
$40000	$900		Hyper Potion
$50000	$8000		Pikachu Doll
$100000	$22800		Big Snorlax

If the player's mother cannot purchase one of the above items, then she may randomly purchase an item below if the player's savings are an exact multiple of $2300. The target multiple rises each time the player's savings pass or equal the previous target (starting with $2300) and never lowers. This means that if the player's savings increase from $4500 to $4700 after a battle, they will thereafter be unable to trigger one of these items at $4600 even if they make a withdrawal from their savings.

Cost	Item
$600		Super Potion
$90		Antidote
$180		Poké Ball
$450		Escape Rope
$500		Great Ball

Generation IV

This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing information and complete it. Reason: Values at which HGSS mom buys each item, savings amounts required for items

Once only

She will buy these items each time $10,000 worth of savings has been earned. These items can only be obtained once, except the Super Potion which can be obtained twice.

Item		Location	Games
	Super Potion	Bought by the player's mother after savings reach a certain amount	HG  SS
	Super Potion	Bought by the player's mother after savings reach a certain amount	HG  SS
	Repel	Bought by the player's mother after savings reach a certain amount	HG  SS
	Moon Stone	Bought by the player's mother after savings reach a certain amount	HG  SS
	Silk Scarf	Bought by the player's mother after savings reach a certain amount	HG  SS
	Hyper Potion	Bought by the player's mother after savings reach a certain amount	HG  SS
	Choice Scarf	Bought by the player's mother after savings reach a certain amount	HG  SS
	Focus Sash	Bought by the player's mother after savings reach a certain amount	HG  SS
	Muscle Band	Bought by the player's mother after savings reach a certain amount	HG  SS

Unlimited times

These items are bought in groups of 5 as the savings increase. These items can be obtained an unlimited number of times.

Item		Location	Games
	Occa Berry	Bought by the player's mother as the savings increase	HG  SS
	Passho Berry	Bought by the player's mother as the savings increase	HG  SS
	Wacan Berry	Bought by the player's mother as the savings increase	HG  SS
	Rindo Berry	Bought by the player's mother as the savings increase	HG  SS
	Chople Berry	Bought by the player's mother as the savings increase	HG  SS
	Yache Berry	Bought by the player's mother as the savings increase	HG  SS
	Shuca Berry	Bought by the player's mother as the savings increase	HG  SS
	Kebia Berry	Bought by the player's mother as the savings increase	HG  SS
	Coba Berry	Bought by the player's mother as the savings increase	HG  SS
	Payapa Berry	Bought by the player's mother as the savings increase	HG  SS
	Tanga Berry	Bought by the player's mother as the savings increase	HG  SS
	Charti Berry	Bought by the player's mother as the savings increase	HG  SS
	Haban Berry	Bought by the player's mother as the savings increase	HG  SS
	Kasib Berry	Bought by the player's mother as the savings increase	HG  SS
	Babiri Berry	Bought by the player's mother as the savings increase	HG  SS
	Colbur Berry	Bought by the player's mother as the savings increase	HG  SS
	Chilan Berry	Bought by the player's mother as the savings increase	HG  SS

Gallery

Sprites

Overworld sprite from Generation II	Overworld sprite from HeartGold and SoulSilver

In the spin-off games

Pokémon Masters EX

In Pokémon Masters EX, Ethan mentions his mother at some point: "When you're working hard, you've gotta rest hard, too! That's what my mom always says."

Quotes

Main article: Mom (Johto)/Quotes

In the manga

Gold's mother in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

She appears in the Pokémon Adventures manga as the mother of Gold, debuting in Murkrow Row. She was seen nagging him about his messy hairstyle, calling it "explosive".

Pokémon

These Pokémon are raised by Gold's mother. Due to the large amount of Pokémon she raises, their home is known as "the Poké-house". These Pokémon were either given by Trainers, caught by Gold's mother, or had settled there as wild Pokémon.

On hand

Lickitung	Sandshrew	Oddish
Krabby	Chansey ♀	Weedle
Exeggcute	Kakuna	Drowzee

Given away

Aibo ♂

Polibo ♂

Trivia

• In the internal data for Pokémon Gold and Silver, there is leftover data for naming the mother.
  • Other leftover data also indicates the player would have had the option of allowing the mother to save half or all of the player's money after a battle.
• In Pokémon Crystal, Juggler Irwin mentions the player's mother on a phone call:

  "Yesterday, I went out to New Bark Town. There was a lady who looked a lot like you,<player>. What? That lady was your mom? Aww, I should've introduced myself! I bet your mom's really proud of all that you've accomplished. Heh, put it this way. I'd be proud if I were your mom, believe me!"

Non-player characters in the core series games

Johto Professor Elm • Professor Oak • Mom • Ethan • Lyra • Silver • Mr. Pokémon • Eusine • Lance • Red • Kiyo • Baoba • Magnus • Earl • Kurt • Carrie • Dude Mary • Buena • Radio Director • Haircut brothers • Webster • Master • Li • Wilma • Primo • Maximo • Jet • Caitlin • Cynthia • Cameron • Mr. Game • Felicity • Teala Team Rocket • Gym guide • Gym Leaders • Frontier Brains • Kimono Girls • Week Siblings • Name Rater • Poké Seer • Day-Care Couple • Professor's aides See also: Kanto Professor Oak • Mom (Kanto) • Mom (LGPE) • Red • Blue • Green • Trace • Daisy • Old man • Bill • Celio • Mr. Fuji • Safari Zone Warden • Copycat • Primo • Koichi Pokémon Fan Club Chairman • Erik and Sara • Teala • Mina • Cal • Steven Stone • Maylene • Cameron • Mr. Game • Morimoto Team Rocket • Gym guide • Gym Leaders • Elite Four • Professor's aides • Magikarp salesman • Name Rater • Day-Care Person • Mr. Hyper Hoenn Professor Birch • Mom • May • Brendan • Wally • Wanda • Steven Stone • Wallace • Scott • Mr. Briney • Mr. Stone • Gabby and Ty • Lanette Brigette • Professor Cozmo • Pokémon Fan Club Chairman • Rydel • Winstrate family • Captain Stern • Trick Master • Treasure Hunter • Dock Apprentice • Pokémon Center Ladies • Old guys • Mr. Bonding • Teala • Aarune • Lisia • Zinnia • Looker • Inver • Chaz • Fossil Maniac • Kiri • Memory Girl Team Aqua • Team Magma • Gym Leaders • Elite Four • Frontier Brains • Battle Chatelaines • Gym guide • Name Rater • Day-Care Couple • Stats judge Sevii Celio • Bill • Lostelle • Lorelei • Selphy • Teala Team Rocket • Day-Care Couple Sinnoh Professor Rowan • Professor Oak • Johanna • Barry • Lucas • Dawn • Cynthia • Looker • Stat Trainers (Cheryl • Riley • Mira • Buck • Marley) Bebe • Teala • Felicity • Roseanne • Rad Rickshaw • Eldritch • Wilma • Jasmine • Caitlin • Julia • Jordan • Dexter • Keira • Mr. Backlot • Morimoto Underground Man • Mr. Goods • Mr. Fuego • Pokétch Co. President • Dr. Footstep • Pokémon Fan Club Chairman • Helena • Ketch Appy Team Galactic • Gym guide • Gym Leaders • Elite Four • Frontier Brains • Name Rater • Day-Care Couple • Professor's assistants • Stats judge Unova Professor Juniper • Mom (BW) • Mom (B2W2) • Cheren • Bianca • Bianca's father • Hugh • Hugh's sister • Cedric Juniper • Fennel • Amanita Cilan • Chili • Cress • Lenora • Hawes • Loblolly • Charles • Iris • Drayden • Alder • Benga • Curtis • Yancy • Brycen • Sabrina • Pop Roxie Hilbert • Hilda • Nate • Rosa • Ingo • Emmet • Cynthia • Looker • N • Colress • Morimoto • Nishino • Pokémon Fan Club Chairman Team Plasma • Clyde • Gym Leaders • Elite Four • PWT participants • Name Rater • Day-Care Couple • Judge • Magikarp salesman Kalos Professor Sycamore • Grace • Calem • Serena • Shauna • Tierno • Trevor • Alexa • Cassius • Inver • Sina • Dexio • Gurkinn Bonnie • Diantha • AZ • Looker • Emma • Mr. Bonding • Phil the Photo Guy • Memory Girl • Pokémon Fan Club Chairman Team Flare • Gym guide • Gym Leaders • Elite Four • Battle Chatelaines • Name Rater • Day-Care Couple • Judge Alola Professor Kukui • Mom • Lillie • Nebby • Hau • Rotom • Professor Burnet • Molayne • Samson Oak • Ryuki • Mohn Red • Blue • Wally • Cynthia • Grimsley • Colress • Sina • Dexio • Looker • Anabel • Necrozma • Morimoto • Iwao Team Skull • Aether Foundation • Ultra Recon Squad • Team Rainbow Rocket Trial Captains • Island kahunas • Elite Four • Name Rater • Judge • Mr. Hyper • Gester Galar Professor Magnolia • Mum • Hop • Bede • Marnie • Sonia • Leon Sordward • Shielbert • Mustard • Klara • Avery • Honey • Hyde • Peony • Peonia • Calyrex • Ball Guy Watt Traders • Ingredients Sellers • Digging Duo • Camping King Team Yell • Macro Cosmos • Dan • Gym Leaders • Morimoto • Cara Liss • Jack Hisui Cogita • Arceus • Choy • Anthe • Miss Fortunes (Charm • Clover • Coin) • Vessa Galaxy Team • Diamond Clan • Pearl Clan • Ginkgo Guild Paldea Professor Sada • Professor Turo • Mom • Nemona • Koraidon • Miraidon • Geeta • Arven • Penny • Heath Clavell • Jacq • Dendra • Miriam • Raifort • Saguaro • Salvatore • Tyme • Harrington Carmine • Kieran • Briar • Cyrano • Terapagos • Billy and O'Nare Team Star • Gym Leaders • Elite Four • Pokémon League representatives Kitakami Carmine • Kieran • Briar • Caretaker • Yukito and Hideko • Ogerpon • Pecharunt • Perrin • Billy and O'Nare Koraidon • Miraidon • Jacq • Nemona • Arven • Penny • Terapagos • Professor Sada • Professor Turo Blueberry Cyrano • Briar • Carmine • Kieran • Koraidon • Miraidon • Geeta • Rika • Clavell • Perrin • Snacksworth • Synclaire BB Elite Four • Special Coaches • Guidance counselors

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