Week Siblings

Sunny redirects here. For the Sunflora that belongs to a Trainer who appeared in Grin to Win, see Sonrisa.

Arthur redirects here. For the Slowking that belongs to a Trainer who appeared in A Crowning Achievement, see Alice Telesu.

The Week Siblings (Japanese: 曜日兄弟 Weekday Siblings), also known as the Once-a-week Siblings, are seven characters from the Generation II and Generation IV games, Pokémon Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold, and SoulSilver. Each of them appear at a certain location depending on the day of the week. They were one of the original aspects of the game to take advantage of the built-in clock system.

At all times on Route 26, a note in the house of the Week Siblings can be found, saying when and where each will appear. By going to the location on the right day of the week and talking to the Week Sibling, he or she will give players a certain type-enhancing held item. Each item can only be obtained once. If a Week Sibling is visited after having been met once, he or she will either have no item^{Wrong template. See Template:Sup/doc.} or, if all Week Siblings have been met at least once, one of Julia's Ribbons^{Wrong template. See Template:Sup/doc.}.

Name	Japanese	Romaji	Day	Location	Item		Enhanced	Ribbon (Generation IV only)
Sunny	ニチオ	Nichio	Sunday	Route 37		Magnet	Electric	File:SmileRibbonDP.png	Smile Ribbon
Monica	ツキコ	Tsukiko	Monday	Route 40		Sharp Beak	Flying	File:AlertRibbonDP.png	Alert Ribbon
Tuscany	ヒコ	Hiko	Tuesday	Route 29		Pink Bow*	Normal	File:ShockRibbonDP.png	Shock Ribbon
						TwistedSpoon*	Psychic
Wesley	ミズオ	Mizuo	Wednesday	Lake of Rage		Black Belt	Fighting	File:DowncastRibbonDP.png	Downcast Ribbon
Arthur	モクオ	Mokuo	Thursday	Route 36		Hard Stone	Rock	File:CarelessRibbonDP.png	Careless Ribbon
Frieda	カネコ	Kaneko	Friday	Route 32		Poison Barb	Poison	File:RelaxRibbonDP.png	Relax Ribbon
Santos	ツチオ	Tsuchio	Saturday	Blackthorn City		Spell Tag*	Ghost	File:SnoozeRibbonDP.png	Snooze Ribbon
						Soft Sand*	Ground

Quotes

Sunny

• Generation II

"Hi! I'm Sunny of Sunday, meaning it's Sunday today! I was told to give you this if I saw you! That thing... Um... ...What was it now... ... Oh! I remember now! A Pokémon that knows Electric moves should hold it. My sis Monica said it powers up Electric moves!"

"My sisters and brothers are Monica, Tuscany, Wesley, Arthur, Frieda and Santos. They're all older than me!"

• Generation IV

"My sister Monica... My sister Tuscany... My brother Wesley... My brother Arthur... My sister Frieda... And my brother Santos. They're all older than me!"

Monica

"Glad to meet you. I'm Monica of Monday. As a token of our friendship, I have a gift for you! It's an item that raises the power of Flying-type moves. You should equip a bird Pokémon with that item."
"My brothers and sisters are all over the place. See if you could find them all!"

Tuscany

• In Generation II
  "I do believe that this is the first time we've met? Please allow me to introduce myself. I am Tuscany of Tuesday. By way of introduction, please accept this gift, a Pink Bow. Wouldn't you agree that it is most adorable? It strengthens Normal-type moves. I am certain it will be of use."
  "Have you met Monica, my older sister? Or my younger brother, Wesley? I am the second of seven children."
  
• In Generation IV
  "Please allow me to introduce myself. I am Tuscany of Tuesday. By way of introduction please accept this gift, a TwistedSpoon. Wouldn't you agree that it is most adorable? It strengthens Psychic-type moves. I am certain it will be of use. "
  "Have you met Monica, my older sister? Or my younger brother, Wesley? I am the second of seven children."

Wesley

"Well, how do you do? Seeing as how it's Wednesday today, I'm Wesley of Wednesday. Pleased to meet you. Please take a souvenir. Black Belt beefs up the power of Fighting moves."
"Since you found me, you must have met my brothers and sisters. Or did you just get lucky?"
"No way! Wednesday's already over! See you next week!"

Arthur

"Who are you? I'm Arthur of Thursday. Here. You can have this. A Pokémon that uses Rock-type moves should hold on to that. It pumps up Rock-type attacks."
"I'm Arthur of Thursday. I'm the second son out of seven children."

Frieda

"Yahoo! It's Friday! I'm Frieda of Friday! Nice to meet you! Here's a Poison Barb for you! Give it to a Pokémon that has Poison-type moves. Oh! It's wicked! You'll be shocked how good it makes Poison moves!"
"Hiya! What day do you like? I love Friday. No doubt about it! Don't you think it's great too?"

Santos

• In Generation II
  "... It's Saturday... I'm Santos of Saturday... You can have this... ... Spell Tag... Ghost-type moves get stronger... It will frighten you..."
  "... See you again on another Saturday... I won't have any more gifts..."
• In Generation IV
  "...It's Saturday... I'm Santos of Saturday... Take this... ... Soft Sand... Ground-type moves get stronger... It will startle you..."
  "... See you again on another Saturday..."

Trivia

• Coincidentally, the days the Week Siblings do not appear on a route (Wednesday and Saturday) are the days when the Pokémon Crystal move tutor is in Goldenrod City.
• Of all of the Week Siblings, in Generation II, only Sunny gives an item that boosts an elemental type not formerly governed solely by the Attack stat.
• Arthur is the only sibling whose first letter of their name does not match the first letter of their day of the week.
• The Japanese names for the Week Siblings are related to the different readings of the kanji used for the days of the week. For example, the Japanese word for Monday is 'getsuyōbi'　(月曜日), or 'moon day'. The kanji for moon (月) can be pronounced as either 'getsu' or 'tsuki', hence Tsukiko (Monica of Monday), with the traditional feminine suffix '-ko', meaning child.
  • This applies to all except Arthur of Thursday and Sunny of Sunday, whose Japanese names use the same pronunciation as their respective days of the week.
• In Generation II, Santos gives the player a Spell Tag, but in Generation IV, he gives the player a Soft Sand. The "eerie" way that he talks makes sense in Generation II, which fits well with the Ghost-type item that he gives the player, but he still talks the same way in Generation IV, in his eerie style, despite giving a completely different item. This is most likely an oversight on Nintendo's part.
  • Also, Tuscany gives out a Pink Bow in Generation II and says it is adorable. Strangely, she says the same thing about the TwistedSpoon she gives out in Generation IV.

In other languages

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ニチオ Nichio	From 日曜日 nichiyōbi.
	ツキコ Tsukiko	From 月曜日 getsuyōbi, 月 can be read as tsuki.
	ヒコ Hiko	From 火曜日 kayōbi, 火 can be read as hi.
	ミズオ Mizuo	From 水曜日 suiyōbi, 水 can be read as mizu.
	モクオ Mokuo	From 木曜日 mokuyōbi.
	カネコ Kaneko	From 金曜日 kinyōbi, 金 can be read as kane.
	ツチオ Tsuchio	From 土曜日 doyōbi, 土 can be read as tsuchi.
English	Sunny	From Sunday.
	Monica	From Monday.
	Tuscany	From Tuesday.
	Wesley	From Wednesday.
	Arthur	From Thursday.
	Frieda	From Friday.
	Santos	From Saturday.
French	Dimitri	From dimanche.
	Lucie	From lundi.
	Marie	From mardi.
	Homer	From mercredi.
	Jerome	From jeudi.
	Vanessa	From vendredi.
	Samuel	From samedi.
German	Sonnfried	From Sonntag.
	Monja	From Montag.
	Dietlinde	From Dienstag.
	Mitko	From Mittwoch.
	Donatus	From Donnerstag.
	Frieda	From Freitag.
	Samson	From Samstag.
Italian	Dorino	From domenica.
	Luana	From lunedì.
	Marta	From martedì.
	Ercole	From mercoledì.
	Giorgio	From giovedì.
	Veronica	From venerdì.
	Sabatino	From sabato.
Spanish	Domingo	From domingo.
	Luna	From lunes.
	Marta	From martes.
	Miguel	From miércoles.
	Josué	From jueves.
	Vicky	From viernes.
	Sabino	From sábado.
Korean	일식 Ilsik	From 일요일 iryoil.
	월희 Weolhui	From 월요일 wolyoil
	화홍 Hwahong	From 화요일 hwayoil.
	수방 Subang	From 수요일 suyoil.
	목인 Mogin	From 목요일 mogyoil.
	금순 Geumsun	From 금요일 geumyoil.
	토영 Toyeong	From 토요일 toyoil.

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

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