Thorton/Quotes

These are Thorton's quotes in the Pokémon games.

In the core series games

Pokémon Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver

Initial battle

• Before battle

"Bzweeeeep! Sorry, don't mind me. What I'm using is an invention of mine. It's my data-analyzing machine It's telling me what you've rented for this match. I see! You've rented <Pokémon> , <Pokémon>, and <Pokémon>. I have to say, that's a good setup. Like, say, [random number between 10 and 99] percent? Oh, don't let that number concern you! All righty, let's get going!"

• Defeating the player

"See? Just as analyzed."

• Being defeated

"Whoa! You sure showed me!"

• After being defeated

"Hmm... I got handed the loss here. It's not making me happy at all, losing. Even though I'm not happy, I did glean some useful data, I suppose. That makes me glad I battled you. So, did you get to like those Pokémon you rented? As a Factory Head, it would sure make me happy if you did. Next time, come back with different rental Pokémon."

Rematch

• Before battle

"Bzweeeeep! Let's see what I can see about you through my data-analyzing machine. So, what have you rented for this match...? I see! You've rented <Pokémon> , <Pokémon>, and <Pokémon>. I have to say, that's a good setup. It's a combination of friendship with cooperation all around. I'd say it's like [random number between 10 and 99] percent? Oh, don't let that number concern you! All righty, let's get going! No losing for me this time!"

• Being defeated

"Whoa! You sure showed me!"

• After being defeated

"Hmm... I got handed another loss. It's not making me happy at all, this. In fact, I'm stewing here. I thought I learned a lot about Pokémon since I lost to you. But that's all right. Some things you learn from winning. But some things you learn by losing. I hope you'll keep renting our Pokémon and give me a chance to redeem myself!"

In the spin-off games

Pokémon Masters EX

Main article: Thorton (Masters)

Menu interface (voice clips)

• After being recruited for the first time

"I'm Factory Head Thorton. Pleasure to meet me. Just so you know, my Pokémon knowledge is unbeatable."

• Subsequent recruitments

"Bzweeeeep! Sorry, don't mind me. Just know that teaming up with me is always a good idea."

• Sync pair viewer

"Bzweeeeep! My data-interpreting machine is functioning well. Now beginning analysis!"

"Wow! This is quite special."

• Selection screen (forming team)

"According to my data-interpreting machine, battling with me is the optimal choice."

• Selection screen (disbanding team)

"See you again!"

• Upon learning a new lucky skill

"Wow, a new move to analyze!"

• Upon leveling up

"Wow! Feels like an upgrade. All according to plan."

• Upon reaching max level

"My analysis yielded optimal results! Get ready to witness some truly amazing battles!"

• Upon unlocking a new level cap

"My achievement exceeds even my own calculations!"

• Receiving EX style

"Whoa, awesome!"

• During conversation

"U-umm..."

"Hey, you!"

"What?"

"Aheheh."

"Ahahahah!"

"Ohhhh!"

"Hmhmhm!"

"Uh, heheheh."

"Nice work!"

"Wow, you're not terrible!"

"Allow me to congratulate you."

"Hang in there!"

"Hey, that's not right!"

"Unacceptable!"

"That's not allowed."

"Urgh..."

"I refuse to accept this."

"Ghh, hh...ugh."

"How could that be?"

"Huuuh."

"Whoa."

"Whoa!"

"Haah!"

"Huuuuugh."

"Heyy!"

"Hm, my calculations are off."

"All right!"

"Thank you so much!"

"I'm extremely sorry."

"Affirmative."

"Nah, that's not happening."

"Ack, sff!"

"Request pending."

"Yes, just as I calculated."

"Whoa, awesome!"

"Uh, heheheheheh?"

"See you again!"

"Analysis start."

"I'll never be defeated!"

• During special log-in conversation (morning)

"Morning! According to my analysis, we're in for a fine day!"

"I always make excellent progress when I study Pokémon in the morning."

• During special log-in conversation (afternoon)

"Greetings. My calculations tell me that the current air temperature and humidity are optimal for battle."

"Creating a plan and then executing it is the most efficient way to spend the day."

• During special log-in conversation (evening)

"Good evening. How much do you know about nocturnal Pokémon?"

"Each night, I like to review my accomplishments of the day and evaluate my efficiency."

• During special gift conversation

"This is for you."

Battle interface (voice clips)

• Co-op match screen

"All right!"

• VS screen

"Time to use my knowledge!"

• Sending out Pokémon

"Let's go!"

• Using Pokémon move

"Right there!"

"Now!"

• Using item

"Calibrating target!"

• Using Trainer move

"Just as planned!"

• Using sync move

"My knowledge is always enough."

• Unity attack / theme skill

"Analyze!"

"Calculate!"

"Engage!"

• Uh-oh!

"I'll never be defeated!"

• Switching in

"Time to optimize!"

• Recalling fainted Pokémon

"Ugh, that's not optimal!"

• "Nice" emote

"Nice!"

• "Watch out" emote

"Take care!"

• "Let's do this" emote

"My knowledge is always enough."

• "Thanks" emote

"Thank you so much!"

• Defeat

"Hurrrgh..."

• Victory

"All right!"

"My machine's analysis was correct."

Battle Villa

• Before battle

"Bzweeeeep! Hmm... How very interesting..."

"According to my data-interpreting machine... Yes. Very interesting indeed. Looks like...90 percent?"

"Oh, don't let the beeping concern you. It's time to begin!"

• After being defeated

"Whoa! You sure showed me!"

"I, on the other hand, appear to have had suboptimal results this time. That 90 percent figure must have been your odds, not mine."

Story Event - The Girl in Black and White

• Thorton's Proposal
• Off-screen, as "???"

"Bzweeeeep!"

• After appearing, as Thorton

"Oh, don't mind me."

"I just thought I'd take this opportunity to perform an analysis on your Pokémon. Your battle earlier has me quite intrigued."

"Oh, these? I bought them for an experiment. I plan to feed them to Pokémon and observe their responses."

"Why, do you want them? I guess I could let them go if you agree to battle me instead."

"Collecting data from your Pokémon is worth more to me than a few ice cream cones."

"This will be fun. I look forward to analyzing all of the data later."

• Synergy beyond Analysis?!

"Whoa! Whoa! You're even more impressive than I thought!"

"Hmm, this can't be right... My data-interpreting machine was just reading at 78% a moment ago."

"Oh, don't mind me! Just mumbling to myself... You can just ignore that number."

"It seems my data analysis was insufficient to keep up with the movements and commands of you three and your Pokémon."

"A sub-optimal performance indeed... I stand defeated."

"I'd have to collect a lot more data to be sure. I think there's something else at work here... something that can't be expressed in numbers."

"Ah, that reminds me. Four Casteliacones in exchange for a battle, as promised."

"Oh. Well, that's unfortunate. Though that is to be expected with ice cream."

Story Event - All Aboard the Victory Train

• Full Speed Ahead

"Bzweeeeep! Hmm... How very interesting..."

"According to my data-interpreting machine... Yes. Very interesting, indeed. Looks like..."

"Th...thirty-two percent?!"

"Oh, don't let it concern you. I'm sure you'll figure it out once we start our battle!"

"It's time to begin!"

"Wow! You Subway Bosses sure are strong!"

"*sigh* I guess my machine's analysis was accurate after all..."

Story Event - Melancholy Wally

• Two Gardevoir Trainers

"Bzweeeeep!"

"Hmm...let's see. Looks like...50%?"

Special Event - Metronome Day

"Whoa! Rental Pokémon!"

"Apparently, Togepi will share good luck..."

"It's also said that happiness will come to those who see a gathering of Clefairy dancing!"

• If spoken to

"Bzweeeeep! Hmm... Interesting..."

"Oh? Are you curious about my data-interpreting machine? I think we'll get along!"

Trainer Files - Two Factory Heads

• Rowdy Rental Pokémon

""Rowdy rental Pokémon"?"

"Fine with me!"

"Rental Pokémon that are hard to handle? Sounds like fun!"

"Wow! They're just like you said!"

• Off-screen

"Bzweeeeep! Hmm... I see..."

• On-screen

"I rather like this Magnezone."

• The Results of Training

"Bzweeeeep!"

"Hmm... I'd say they've improved by about, say, one percent?"

"Sorry we weren't able to live up to your expectations."

"Huh? You wouldn't mind?"

"Hmm... I'd say our affinity is around, say, one hundred percent?"

Sync Pair Story - A Day with Thorton

"Hmm. According to my data-interpreting machine, this should be the correct path..."

Are you OK?: "Whoa! <player>! Are we in your way?"

You're blocking the way.: "Whoa! <player>! Sorry. Are we in your way?"

"My Bronzong and I were just analyzing our battle from yesterday."

Analyzing?/What for?: "After a battle, I like to use my data-interpreting machine to learn everything I can about my opponent's Pokémon."

"There's a vast number of Trainers here on Pasio right now."

"Being able to gather so much diverse data all in one place is incredibly useful."

"Or at least it should be..."

It's not going well?: "Not really... It's my machine. I keep getting really strange results."

Are your opponents not very good?: "No, they were all really strong! I should have been able to gather some brilliant data from them, but...something's off."

"I've had many battles where my machine refuses to analyze my opponents properly or its calculations are way off."

"Perhaps my data-interpreting machine is in need of repair..."

Pokémon are more than just data, you know.: "Not just data...? You mean they can't be fully expressed with just numbers?"

Surprise is what makes a battle.: "You make a good point. Sometimes battles simply can't be analyzed—it's impossible to codify and predict everything."

"That reminds me—I haven't been able to express you and your Pokémon in numerical values yet, <player>."

"And my Bronzong here..."

"I chose to pair up with it because of the protective, metal nature of its body..."

"but also because it has an air of mystery about it—something that can't be quantified. It just seemed really interesting."

"It surprised me, in a way, to discover such a huge pool of strength that couldn't be measured by machine analysis alone."

You mean like sync strength?: "Precisely! Sometimes the strength of a sync pair—the strength of their bond—can overcome even the strongest opponents!"

Like the strength of determination?: "Certainly! With enough determination, one can overcome even the strongest opponents!"

"Wait a minute. That means..."

"If I can somehow figure out how to enhance my data-interpreting machine so that it can measure things like trust and determination..."

"perhaps I can become even stronger in Pokémon battles."

"Whoa! Whoa! The lightbulb just went off in my brain!"

"There's so much to do but so little time to do it! I'm going to be a very, very busy man!"

"I should thank you, <player>! For giving me the brilliant hint that sparked this whole idea!"

"Come, Bronzong! Let's go!"

"First things first! Bronzong and I are going to have to perform some deep self-analysis!"

Sync Pair Story - Chikorita's Evolution

• Before battle

"Bzweeeep! My data-interpreting machine is telling me that your Chikorita is ready to evolve!"

"I'm curious about her Evolution, and I'm wondering how strong you'll become, Lyra. OK, continuing analysis!"

"I've already used my data-interpreting machine on you. I have a good idea of how strong you are."

"Well then, let's get this battle started!"

• After being defeated

"Wow! You guys are as strong as the rumors say!"

"My data-interpreting machine is good to go! I'm ready to analyze Chikorita once she evolves!"

Pokémon Center

• During sync background preview (Variety)

"Bzweeeeep! Let's see what I can see about you through my data-interpreting machine."

• Random conversation

"Electivire is a fierce, robust Pokémon that can harness the power of electricity!"

"If you touch Electivire while it's charged up with crackling electricity..."

"you can actually lose consciousness for several moments. So make sure you don't EVER do that, OK?"

• If spoken to again

"Electivire are incredibly rare to find in the wild, you know."

"If you ever manage to team up with one, you can be sure it will be a dependable partner."

• Random conversation

"Grrr... Still at 47 percent? Slower than I expected."

"Whoa! I was so focused, I didn't even see you there! "

"I was trying to perform an update on my data-interpreting machine, see..."

"But it's taking forever! The update's already been going for a hundred hours or so!"

• If spoken to again

"This is just the mobile version of my data-interpreting machine, but it's got amazing functionality!"

"I'll tell you all about what this baby can do next time."

"If we open that can of worms now, it'll be midnight before I can explain all of its awesome features."

• Random conversation

"Bronzong can call down the rain, so people in ancient times used to think they were deities."

"In fact, some people still worship them as rain bringers today, if you can believe that."

"I don't really buy into that, though. The only results I believe in are the ones I can prove numerically."

"Besides, if it suddenly started raining indoors, all of my machines would break."

• If spoken to again

"Did you know that many Pokémon feel naturally energized by the rain?"

"For that reason, a lot of Pokémon feel thankful toward Bronzong, too."

• Random conversation

"You look like you're itching to know more about me!"

"In other words, you'd like to interpret my data. Is that correct? If so, feel free!"

"Let's see. Um... Male, teenager... No, that's not the sort of data you want, is it?"

"If you want to learn more about me, you'll need to collect some data. Spending time with me is the best way to do that."

"It just so happens that I'm interested in collecting some data on you as well. Nice timing!"

• If spoken to again

"There are plenty of things out there that you can't understand with just a calculator."

"The more you learn about the world, the more you'll find things about it that interest you."

• Random conversation

"Do you think my hairstyle is weird?"

"I'm really specific about how I do it, but it doesn't take long at all."

"That could be because I use my invention the Auto-Hairstyle-O-Matic to analyze my hair type."

"Want to try it out, <player>? My invention can turn any hairstyle into one that's just like mine."

• If spoken to again

"My Auto-Hairstyle-O-Matic doesn't work on bald people."

"Just keep that in mind."

• Random conversation

"Whoa! Hey, you! You came at just the right time!"

"I've been wanting to do some analysis on you. Give me your data!"

"Don't worry—I don't need you to do anything super specific. I just need to look at you through my machine!"

• If spoken to again

"Bzweeeeep! Oh, don't let the beeping concern you. I'm just interpreting some of your data."

"You and your Pokémon continue to exceed my calculations. What's the secret to your strength?"

"Hmm... I've just gotta know! I'm going to solve this mystery through my analysis. I promise!"

• Random conversation

"If you collect lots of data and analyze your Pokémon battles, you can utilize that data moving forward!"

"It's true! It's part of my job description as Factory Head!"

"Pokémon get disappointed when they lose battles, too. That's why you've got to formulate new strategies!"

"So that you can learn from your mistakes! And so next time, you can win! And things will go exactly as planned!"

• If spoken to again

"I always get tons of great data when I battle against you."

"It'll all be put to good use when I go back to the Battle Factory!"

"Although I might as well collect as much data as I can while I'm here..."

"The more knowledge I can amass, the more helpful I can be to you in a battle."

"AND I can keep getting stronger in the meantime! Perfect logic, just as I calculated!"

• Special log-in conversation (generic)

"Whoa! Hi, <player>! You're here, just as I predicted!"

"I'm so ecstatic you came, I'm crackling with energy! Come on—time to start the day!"

• Special log-in conversation (morning)

"Morning! According to my analysis, we're in for a fine day!"

• Special log-in conversation (morning)

"I always make excellent progress when I study Pokémon in the morning."

• Special log-in conversation (afternoon)

"Greetings. My calculations tell me that the current air temperature and humidity are optimal for battle."

• Special log-in conversation (afternoon)

"Creating a plan and then executing it is the most efficient way to spend the day."

• Special log-in conversation (evening)

"Good evening. How much do you know about nocturnal Pokémon?"

• Special log-in conversation (evening)

"Each night, I like to review my accomplishments of the day and evaluate my efficiency."

• Special gift conversation

"My invention the Detect-O-Matic picked this up out in the forest."

"I did a round of analysis on it, and it seemed right up your alley!"

• After giving out item

"Collecting data and performing analyses are important for all things in life."

"They are the key to obtaining greater knowledge and experience."

• Special Type Team-Up Daily Type Rotation event conversation with Steven and Raihan

"I don't really have a preference as long as I can collect my data."