Eusine

Eusine ミナキ Minaki
Artwork from Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver
Gender	Male
Eye color	Blue
Hair color	Brown
Hometown	Celadon City
Region	Kanto
Relatives	Unseen grandfather
Trainer class	Mystery Man
Generation	II, IV
Games	Crystal, HeartGold, SoulSilver
Anime debut	For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll
English voice actor	Ed Paul Dan Green (The Legend of Thunder!)
Japanese voice actor	Shinji Kawada

Eusine (Japanese: ミナキ Minaki; Eugene in The Legend of Thunder!) is a researcher and expert in the legendary beasts. For years he has chased Suicune, the embodiment of the North Wind, but to no avail. He is one of the only characters in the games to have the Trainer class Mystery Man (Japanese: なぞのせいねん Mysterious Man), the other being Ardos when the player watches him battle Zook. In Generation II, the class was named Mysticalman and was truly unique.

In the games

File:Crystal Eusine.gif

Crystal artwork of Eusine.

Eusine appears in Pokémon Crystal. He is first seen researching the Burned Tower, together with Morty. Later, he battles the player in Cianwood City, just north of the Pokémon Seer, after seeing Suicune escaping from the town, hoping that by battling the player he will earn Suicune's respect as a trainer. After Suicune has been captured in the Bell Tower, he returns to his hometown, Celadon City, and can be found in Celadon Pokémon Center waiting for the player to catch all three legendary beasts. After this is accomplished, Eusine will return to the Bell Tower and wait for the player to summon Ho-Oh.

Eusine also appears in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, in which his storyline is almost identical at first but differs in the end. In these games, Eusine follows Suicune to Kanto, chasing it around and ultimately to its final destination - Cerulean Cape. Before the player can catch Suicune, he must see it along with Eusine at Burned Tower, Route 42, Vermilion City, and Route 14 in that order before being able to catch it at Cerulean Cape. It is revealed in these games that when Eusine was young, he was told stories about Suicune by his grandfather, who is very knowledgeable about Johto's folklore. Despite this, Eusine never mentions the Bell Tower or Ho-Oh in these games, nor is his hometown stated to be Celadon City.

Pokémon

Pokémon Crystal

File:Eusinesprite.png [[Mysticalman (Trainer class)|Mysticalman]] Eusine [[Cianwood City|Cianwood City]] Crystal [[Mysticalman (Trainer class)|Mysticalman]] and Professor Eusine Oak [[Cianwood City|Cianwood City]] Crystal Reward: $2500

Types: Psychic Unknown Held item: None Drowzee♂ Lv.23 Hypnosis Psychic   --       Disable Normal   --       Confusion Psychic   --       Dream Eater Psychic   --       Types: Ghost Poison Held item: None Haunter♂ Lv.23 Hypnosis Psychic   --       Lick Ghost   --       Mean Look Normal   --       Curse ???   --       Types: Electric Unknown Held item: None Electrode Lv.25 SonicBoom Normal   --       Rollout Rock   --       Screech Normal   --       Thunder Electric   --

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

File:EusineHGSS.png [[Mystery Man (Trainer class)|Mystery Man]] Eusine [[Cianwood City|Cianwood City]] HeartGold and SoulSilver [[Mystery Man (Trainer class)|Mystery Man]] and Professor Eusine Oak [[Cianwood City|Cianwood City]] HeartGold and SoulSilver Reward: $3240

Types: Psychic Unknown Ability: Insomnia Held item: None Drowzee♂ Lv.25 Hypnosis Psychic Status   --       Disable Normal Status   --       Confusion Psychic Special   --       Dream Eater Psychic Special   --       Types: Ghost Poison Ability: Levitate Held item: None Haunter♂ Lv.25 Hypnosis Psychic Status   --       Lick Ghost Physical   --       Mean Look Normal Status   --       Curse ??? Status   --       Types: Electric Unknown Ability: Static Held item: None Electrode Lv.27 SonicBoom Normal Special   --       Rollout Rock Physical   --       Screech Normal Status   --       Thunder Electric Special   --

Quotes

"My name's Eusine. I'm on the tail of a Pokémon named Suicune. And you are...? <player>? Glad to meet you! I heard rumors that Suicune is in this Burned Tower, so I came to look. But where exactly could it be?"

"I dug a hole here, too... I was shocked! Suicune raced by like a blur, right in front of my eyes! For ten years I chased Suicune, and I finally got to see it. I'm all choked up! Player, I owe this all to you! Thank you! I heard that the legendary Pokémon of Ecruteak test chosen humans by allowing them to get close. I'm going to track Suicune. <player>, let's meet again! Farewell!"

"Yo, <player>. Wasn't that Suicune just now? I only caught a quick glimpse, but I thought I saw Suicune running on the waves. Suicune is beautiful and grand. And it races through towns and roads at simply awesome speeds. It's wonderful... I want to see Suicune up close... I've decided. I'll battle you as a trainer to earn Suicune's respect! Come on, <player>! Let's battle now!"

"I hate to admit it, but you win. You're amazing, <player>! No wonder Pokémon gravitate to you. I get it now. I'm going to keep searching for Suicune. I'm sure we'll see each other again. See you around!"

"<player>! Not again! I'll be there first next time! Having followed it here, I'm starting to understand what Suicune is after. To be honest, I would like to keep this information to myself. But I want to be an honest Trainer in front of Suicune! That's why I am sharing a clue with you. It seems that... ...Suicune prefers a hilly place near water... ..Somewhere north. I don't know exactly where, yet. It will be just you and me! Who'll find it first? I challenge you!" (Route 14, first met)

"What's wrong, <player>? To be honest, I would like to keep this information to myself. But I want to be an honest Trainer in front of Suicune! That's why I am sharing a clue with you. It seems that... ...Suicune prefers a hilly place near water... ..Somewhere north. I don't know exactly where, yet. It will be just you and me!" (Route 14)

"Awesome! Too awesome, even! I've never seen a battle that great. That was truly inspiring to see. Suicune was tough, but you were even more incredible, <player>. I heard Suicune's mystic power summons a rainbow-colored Pokémon. Maybe, just maybe, what went on today will cause that Pokémon to appear. I'm going to study the legends more. Thanks for showing me that fantastic battle. Later, <player>!!"

"I knew it. I knew you'd get to see the Pokémon of rainbow colors, <player>. It happened just as I envisioned. My research isn't bad, I might say. I'm going to keep studying Pokémon to become a famous Pokémaniac!"

"Hi! I'm back visiting my hometown. It's been quite a while. Oh, by the way, <player>. Have the caught the legendary Pokémon Raikou and Entei............... Okay... If you catch even one, I hope that you'll inform me. I'm counting on you, <player>!"

"<player>, have you heard? There have been fresh rumors of a rainbow-colored Pokémon appearing at Bell Tower. I've just had my party healed, so now I'm headed to Ecruteak. I'll be seeing you, <player>!"

In the anime

Eusine in the anime

In the anime, Eusine is voiced by 川田紳司 Shinji Kawada in Japanese and Ed Paul (initial appearance) and Dan Green (The Legend of Thunder!) in English.

In the anime episode For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll!, he comes off as a proud and arrogant person with a slight superiority complex and exhibits a near-religious fervor for Suicune, challenging Ash for daring to say that he'd met the legendary beast. This may just be a form of jealousy on his part, for Ash had also seen Ho-Oh as well, while he has yet to encounter any himself. In the same episode, when he finally saw Suicune, he tried to capture it partially for ego gratification, ironically making him no better than the people who he's mentioned are unworthy for it. This is somewhat interesting compared to his appearance in The Legend of Thunder! when he mentions Suicune only once, and then only in reference to the other beasts.

In The Legend of Thunder!, he assists Jimmy, Marina, and Vincent in their battle against Attila and Hun. Marina falls for him because he wears a cape.

He is apparently very close friends with Morty, who is also an expert on the Ecruteak legends. Morty acts as Eusine's voice of reason, trying to convince him to calm down and ease up, but to no avail. When Eusine leaves suddenly at the end of the episode, Morty's lack of surprise indicates that this has happened before.

Pokémon

Alakazam

Debut	For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll!
Voice actors
Japanese
English	Eric Stuart

Eusine first used his Alakazam when he was about to have a battle with Ash, but the battle was called out due to the Bug Pokémon covering the town with their strings. Later Eusine attempted to use Alakazam in order to protect Ash and friends from the attacks of several wild Pokémon, but the attacks came through and stopped Alakazam. When Eusine tried to capture Suicune, he sent his Alakazam against the Aurora Pokémon. However, Alakazam was soon forced to return back into its Poké Ball by the effect of Suicune's Roar.

In The Legend of Thunder! Eusine used his Alakazam to battle against Attila and Hun's Steelix and Skarmory.

Alakazam's known moves are Reflect, Disable, Confusion and Psybeam.

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

File:Eusine HGSS Special.png

Eusine in the HG/SS chapter

In Pokémon Adventures he is quite the showoff, especially towards women, performing flashy magic tricks and even giving out autographed pictures of himself. He flies around on a Jumpluff. He seems to be a close friend of Morty's, as the Gym Leader is helping him in the hunt for Suicune.

He is first seen being spoken of by Morty, who states that Eusine had him use his powers to try and find Suicune, to no avail. After Morty is defeated by Suicune he contacts Eusine, who goes off to catch it himself. During his hunt he runs into Crystal, who accidently shocks Arckee with his Electrode, proclaiming them rivals and disappears. He then visits and old couple and tricks them into giving him Moomoo Milk by "curing" their Miltank. However Crystal followed him and found out that Eusine really put a berry in its mouth and manipulated the nice couple, to which Eusine doesn't seem to care. They then encounter Suicune, which turns out to really just be a Ditto sent by Team Rocket to distract them. The two of them were able to let Suicune escape and Eusine defeated the Team Rocket Elite Trio.

Pokémon

Jumpluff

Haunter

Electrode

In the Golden Boys manga

Eusine is first seen coming to Cianwood Gym and trying to retrieve a Pikachu from Gold. It turns out that this Pikachu was actually a messenger sent from future by Eusine and Bill to guide the present Eusine to legendary Pokémon using a special learning device attached to it. Gold wanted to battle with Eusine for that Pikachu, but Chuck, the leader of Cianwood Gym told them to battle next day. Gold and his Croconaw beat Eusine's Hypno and Gold won the battle, so Pikachu could stay with him. This caused Eusine to search for legendary Pokémon alone. Later, Black unsealed the Black Tyranitar, Cianwood's legendary Pokémon who used to wreak havoc in the Johto region. Eusine was one of the people who helped Gold fighting the Black Tyranitar.

Pokémon

Hypno

Haunter

Electrode

Released

Pikachu

Eusine's Pikachu ended up in Gold's team after being sent to the past.

Trivia

• In The Legend of Thunder!, Eusine was mistakenly called "Eugene".
  • The retcon of his English name in The Legend of Thunder! caused some fans to believe that "Eusine" is actually a nickname or a surname, in similar fashion to Todd Snap. However, there is no confirmation for this.
• In the Israeli dub of The Legend of Thunder! special, Eusine was correctly named, just as in the original series, because the error was caught by the director of the series dub, Maya Bar Shalom.
• In his HeartGold and SoulSilver artwork, as well as in the anime, Eusine's clothes are colored purple, while his Crystal artwork depicts him with blue clothes.
  • His HeartGold and SoulSilver artwork also adds several diamond shaped patterns to his clothes, which resemble those seen on the body of Suicune.
  • In HeartGold and SoulSilver, Young Couple Tim & Sue sometimes call the player about a man wearing "a purple tuxedo and a red bowtie", complimenting his fashion sense.

In other languages

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ミナキ (Minaki)
English, French, Spanish	Eusine	Similar to Suicune.
English (LoT-only)	Eugene	Corruption of "Eusine"
German	Eusin	Corruption of "Eusine"
Italian	Eugenius	Apparently a corruption of "Eugene"
Korean (game)	수호 (Suho)
Korean (manga)	미나키 (Minaki)	Hangulization of his Japanese name.
Chinese (Taiwan)	南其 Nánqí
Chinese (PRC)	米那君 Mǐnàjūn	The first two characters are phonetic translation of his Japanese name, while the third one comes from Suicune's Chinese name, 水君.
Chinese (Hong Kong)	米拿基 Mǐnájī	Pure phonetic transliteration of his Japanese name.

External links

• Minaki's Profile on Pokeani (Japanese)

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