Pryce

Pryce ヤナギ Yanagi
"The Teacher of Winter's Harshness"
Art from HeartGold and SoulSilver
Gender	Male
Eye color	Black*, Brown*
Hair color	White, Brown*
Hometown	Mahogany Town
Region	Johto
Relatives	Sheila (wife), grandchildren
Trainer class	Gym Leader
Generation	II, IV
Games	Gold, Silver, Crystal, Stadium 2, HeartGold, SoulSilver
Leader of	Mahogany Gym
Badge	Glacier Badge
Specializes in	Template:Type2s
Anime debut	Rage of Innocence
English voice actor	Jimmy Zoppi
Japanese voice actor	Motomu Kiyokawa Kōichi Sakaguchi (young)

Pryce (Japanese: ヤナギ Yanagi) is the Gym Leader of Mahogany Town's Gym, known officially as the Mahogany Gym. He is an expert in Template:Type2 Pokémon. He gives the Glacier Badge to Trainers who defeat him at his Gym.

In the games

Headshot of Pryce from Pokémon Gold and Silver

Pryce appears in Pokémon Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold, and SoulSilver, where he is the seventh Gym Leader to be challenged in the Johto region. A specialist of the Template:Type2, Pryce is known as "The Teacher of Winter's Harshness". Pryce is the oldest Gym Leader players will face in the games: he has been training Pokémon for over fifty years, and the Pokémon he battles with have been with him since before Ethan, Kris, and Lyra were born. The secret behind his power is—like Chuck—his daily meditation under a waterfall. Pryce claims that this strengthens both his body and his mind.

Pryce's Mahogany Gym cannot be challenged the first time the player arrives in Mahogany Town. A man is blocking entry to the Gym: he will only leave once Team Rocket has been defeated at their headquarters and the Gyarados at the nearby Lake of Rage have been calmed. Once an icy maze inside the Gym has been traversed, Pryce will battle with the player. Upon defeat, he will yield both the Glacier Badge, and an Ice-type Technical Machine. This varies from generation to generation: TM16 (Icy Wind) will be given in Generation II, and TM07 (Hail) is given in Generation IV.

Like all Gym Leaders in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, Pryce will often travel outside of his Gym. Every morning between 7:00 AM and 10:00 AM, he will head north to the Lake of Rage's west shore. Here, he awaits the player and will give out his Pokégear phone number so the two can battle again in future. This battle will take place on Monday mornings, in Saffron City's Fighting Dojo.

Pryce also appears in Pokémon Stadium 2's Johto Gym Leader Castle. Like other Gym Leaders' teams in this game, he uses a variety of Pokémon not of his specialist type. Uniquely, Pryce uses a legendary Pokémon: the Ice/Flying legendary bird, Articuno.

Pokémon

This listing is for Pryce's Pokémon in the video games in which he has appeared.

Pokémon Gold/Silver/Crystal

File:LeaderPryce GSC.png Leader Pryce Mahogany Gym Gold, Silver, and Crystal Leader and Professor Pryce Oak Mahogany Gym Gold, Silver, and Crystal Reward: $3100

Types: Water Unknown Held item: None Seel♂ Lv.27 Headbutt Normal   --       Icy Wind Ice   --       Aurora Beam Ice   --       Rest Psychic   --       Types: Water Ice Held item: None Dewgong♂ Lv.29 Headbutt Normal   --       Icy Wind Ice   --       Aurora Beam Ice   --       Rest Psychic   --       Types: Ice Ground Held item: None Piloswine♂ Lv.31 Icy Wind Ice   --       Fury Attack Normal   --       Mist Ice   --       Blizzard Ice   --

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Gym match

File:PryceHGSS.gif Leader Pryce Mahogany Gym HeartGold and SoulSilver Leader and Professor Pryce Oak Mahogany Gym HeartGold and SoulSilver Reward: $4080

Types: Water Unknown Ability: Unknown Held item: None Seel♂ Lv.30 Icy Wind Ice Special   --       Rest Psychic Status   --       Snore Normal Special   --       Hail Ice Status   --       Types: Water Ice Ability: Thick Fat Held item: None Dewgong♂ Lv.32 Aurora Beam Ice Special   --       Rest Psychic Status   --       Sleep Talk Normal Special   --       Ice Shard Ice Physical   --       Types: Ice Ground Ability: Snow Cloak Held item: Sitrus Berry Piloswine♂ Lv.34 Blizzard Ice Special   --       Ice Fang Ice Physical   --       Mud Bomb Ground Special   --       Hail Ice Status   --

Second battle (Rematch)

File:PryceHGSS.gif Leader Pryce Fighting Dojo HeartGold and SoulSilver Leader and Professor Pryce Oak Fighting Dojo HeartGold and SoulSilver Reward: $7200

Types: Grass Ice Ability: Snow Warning Held item: None Abomasnow♂ Lv.56 Ice Shard Ice Physical   --       Wood Hammer Grass Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Blizzard Ice Special   --       Types: Water Ice Ability: Thick Fat Held item: Lum Berry Dewgong♂ Lv.58 Dive Water Physical   --       Rest Psychic Status   --       Sleep Talk Normal Status   --       Sheer Cold Ice Special   --       Types: Ice Unknown Ability: Inner Focus Held item: None Glalie♂ Lv.52 Torment Dark Status   --       Payback Dark Physical   --       Attract Normal Status   --       Blizzard Ice Special   --       Types: Ice Ghost Ability: Snow Cloak Held item: None Froslass♀ Lv.52 Ice Shard Ice Physical   --       Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Attract Normal Status   --       Blizzard Ice Special   --       Types: Ice Water Ability: Ice Body Held item: None Walrein♂ Lv.54 Swagger Normal Status   --       Hail Ice Status   --       Body Slam Normal Physical   --       Blizzard Ice Special   --       Types: Ice Ground Ability: Snow Cloak Held item: Sitrus Berry Mamoswine♂ Lv.60 Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Double Team Normal Status   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Avalanche Ice Physical   --

Pokémon Stadium 2

Round 1

File:S2 Leader Pryce.png Leader Pryce Mahogany Gym Pokémon Stadium 2 Leader and Professor Pryce Oak Mahogany Gym Pokémon Stadium 2 Reward: N/A

File:Spr 2 221 m.png Types: Ice Ground Held item: Quick Claw Piloswine Lv.50 Blizzard Ice   --       Take Down Normal   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Sleep Talk Normal   --       File:Spr 2 087.png Types: Water Ice Held item: Mint Berry Dewgong Lv.50 Surf Water   --       Take Down Normal   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Safeguard Normal   --       File:Spr 2 091.png Types: Water Ice Held item: PRZCureBerry Cloyster Lv.50 Surf Water   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Spike Cannon Normal   --       Swift Normal   --       File:Spr 2 217 m.png Types: Normal Unknown Held item: Bitter Berry Ursaring Lv.50 Thrash Normal   --       Faint Attack Dark   --       Dig Ground   --       ThunderPunch Electric   --       File:Spr 2 232 m.png Types: Ground Unknown Held item: Ice Berry Donphan Lv.50 Double-Edge Normal   --       Rollout Rock   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Snore Normal   --       File:Spr 2 124.png Types: Ice Psychic Held item: Miracle Berry Jynx♀ Lv.50 Ice Punch Ice   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Shadow Ball Ghost   --       Thrash Normal   --

Round 2

File:S2 Leader Pryce.png Leader Pryce Mahogany Gym Pokémon Stadium 2 Leader and Professor Pryce Oak Mahogany Gym Pokémon Stadium 2 Reward: N/A

File:Spr 2 221 m.png Types: Ice Ground Held item: Quick Claw Piloswine Lv.50 Ice Beam Ice   --       Body Slam Normal   --       Earthquake Ground   --       AncientPower Rock   --       File:Spr 2 073.png Types: Water Poison Held item: Focus Band Tentacruel Lv.50 Surf Water   --       Reflect Psychic   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Mirror Coat Psychic   --       File:Spr 2 237.png Types: Fighting Unknown Held item: Miracle Berry Hitmontop Lv.50 Dig Ground   --       Counter Fighting   --       Strength Normal   --       Hi Jump Kick Fighting   --       File:Spr 2 195 m.png Types: Water Ground Held item: BrightPowder Quagsire Lv.50 Surf Water   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Iron Tail Steel   --       Earthquake Ground   --       File:Spr 2 203 m.png Types: Normal Psychic Held item: PRZCureBerry Girafarig Lv.50 Headbutt Normal   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Shadow Ball Ghost   --       Earthquake Ground   --       File:Spr 2 144.png Types: Ice Flying Held item: Scope Lens Articuno Lv.50 Fly Flying   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Double-Edge Normal   --       BubbleBeam Water   --

Quotes

Pokémon Gold and Silver

"Pokémon have many experiences in their lives, just like we do. I, too, have seen and suffered much in my life. Since I am your elder, let me show you what I mean. I have been with Pokémon since before you were born. I do not lose easily. I, Pryce--the winter trainer-- shall demonstrate my power!"

"Ah, I am impressed by your prowess. With your strong will, I know you will overcome all life's obstacles. You are worthy of this Badge!"

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Mahogany Gym

• Before battle

"Pokémon have many experiences in their lives, just like we do. I, too, have seen and suffered much in my life. Since I am your elder, let me show you what I mean. I have been training Pokémon since before you were born. I do not lose easily. I, Pryce - the Winter Trainer - shall demonstrate my power!"

• Sending out the last Pokémon

"Humph... You are quite the Trainer."

• During the battle

"Willow is my middle name. Willow is flexible and not easily broken. I'm not giving up yet."

• When defeated

"Hmm. Seems as if my luck has run out."

• After battle

"I am impressed by your prowess. With your strong will, I know you will overcome all life's obstacles. You are worthy of this Badge! That Badge will raise the Special stats of Pokémon. It also lets your Pokémon use Whirlpool to get across real whirlpools."

"And this... This is a gift from me! That TM contains Hail. It summons a hailstorm that lasts for five turns. The hailstorm damages all types except Ice."

"When the ice and snow melt, spring arrives. You and your Pokémon will be together for many years to come. Cherish your time together!"'

Fighting Dojo

• Before battle

"Finally. No need for words. A Pokémon battle is the way for us to communicate."

• After being defeated

"Mmm... Impressive!"

Pokégear Registering (Lake of Rage)

"The strong rain falling on the surface seems to be agitating the raging lake. This must have some purpose that we meet again. Why don't we exchange our phone numbers?"

Yes: "I make it a habit to train myself on Monday mornings to give this lazy body a spine. You could be a good training partner. I'll be waiting for your call!"

No: "That's OK, too. People ought to have their own ideas. That's the way it is."

"So? Will you exchange numbers with me?"

Pokégear Phone

• Pryce calling the player:

"Yes, this is Pryce. How are you doing? Just like one of my children... No. You’re more like one of my grandchildren... There’s such an age difference between myself and the Trainers who defeat me nowadays... But you know, the strange thing is that when I lose, I don’t feel disappointed. I just feel happy. Just happy that such talented Trainers have come to see me. ...I just wanted to talk to someone about that, so I called you. That’s all."

"Yes, this is Pryce. How are you doing? Do you know why they call me the winter Trainer? Do you recall that my middle name is “Willow”? The willow tree looks like it withers in winter’s cold. But really, it sprouts dozens of new buds. My fighting style is also strong just like that... It’s written in old books, you know. You should look it up sometime."

• Calling him:

"Hello... Oh, hi, how are you? I'm doing fine, thanks. You know, there are Gym Leaders out there who are stronger than me. You should try battling them. I don't think you'll lose."

"Hello... Oh, hi, how are you? I'm doing fine, thanks. I usually get up pretty early... If we're going to battle, I'm at my best in the morning... How about you give me a call on Monday morning!"

• On Monday mornings:

"Hello... Oh, hi, how are you? I'm doing fine, thanks. Oh, perfect timing... I was starting to get bored... Do you want to battle again?"

No: "I see. Well, that's how it's got to be... If you ever change your mind, give me a call. Remember, I'm free on Monday mornings."

Yes: "Honesty is good. So I'll meet you at the Fighting Dojo in Saffron City, then?"

"What? I can’t hear you very well. I think we’ve got a bad connection. Well, if you have something you want to talk to me about, go somewhere else and try calling again."

Sprites

File:LeaderPryce GSC.png	File:PryceHGSS.gif		File:S2 Leader Pryce.png
Pryce's sprite from Generation II	Pryce's sprite from Generation IV	Pryce's VS sprite from Generation IV	Pryce's artwork from Pokémon Stadium 2

In the anime

File:Pryce Anime.png

Pryce in the anime

Pryce appeared in three episodes of the Pokémon anime. He had a cameo appearance in Rage of Innocence, and he was featured as the Gym Leader of Mahogany Town in As Cold as Pryce and Nice Pryce, Baby!.

In the anime, Pryce was a champion Trainer in his youth, but was severely burned in a battle. While he was bedridden, his Piloswine went out the door during a severe snow storm and never came back. He believed it had abandoned him, and he grew bitter. He became more cold-hearted and believed that Pokémon are for battling and nothing more. Because of this, he refused to fight Ash, thinking him to be a weak Trainer. When Ash compelled him to a battle, Pryce finally accepted. Using his Dewgong, he beat Ash's Phanpy easily.

File:YoungPryce.png

Pryce in his youth

Later when Ash again tried to talk Pryce into a battle, they stumbled onto a cave where they found Pryce's Piloswine frozen in ice. It had some plants that aided in the healing of burns. It was then that Pryce realized that Piloswine had gone in search of medicine for him, and only the snow storm trapping the Pokémon in ice prevented it from returning to him. Piloswine was defrosted and on being reunited with Piloswine, Pryce lost his cold-heartedness and became happy again.

The next morning, Ash battled Pryce in a gym battle. After a fierce battle, Pryce forfeited as his Piloswine became tired and he knew it would serve no purpose to keep going.

Pokémon

This listing is for Pryce's Pokémon in the Pokémon anime:

Piloswine

Debut	As Cold as Pryce
Voice actors
Japanese	Unshō Ishizuka
English	Unshō Ishizuka

Main article: Pryce's Piloswine

Pryce has owned his Piloswine ever since he was a young Trainer. After Pryce was hurt during a battle against a Magmar, Piloswine went looking for healing herbs, but was frozen on the way back. Years later, Ash and Pryce found it and freed it.

In Nice Pryce, Baby! Pryce used Piloswine during his Gym battle with Ash. It easily defeated Ash's Cyndaquil and fought fiercely against Ash's Pikachu until Pryce forfeited as Piloswine was becoming tired, earning Ash the Glacier Badge.

Dewgong

Debut	Rage Of Innocence
Voice actors
Japanese	Yuji Ueda
English	Michael Haigney

Dewgong is one of Pyrce's main Pokémon. It was first seen preventing the Red Gyarados from entering the Mahogany Town in Rage of Innocence by freezing the river.

Pryce later used Dewgong during his Gym battle with Ash, battling with it against Ash's Cyndaquil. The Sea Lion Pokémon was eventually defeated by Cyndaquil's Flamethrower.

Dewgong's known moves are Ice Beam, Aurora Beam, and Headbutt.

In the Gym

This is a listing for Pryce's Pokémon in the gym:

Shellder (multiple)

Debut	Nice Pryce, Baby!

Various amount of Shellder were seen in the Gym.

Lapras (multiple)

Debut	Nice Pryce, Baby!

Various amount of Lapras were seen in the Gym.

Seel (multiple)

Debut	Nice Pryce, Baby!

Various amount of Seel were seen in the Gym.

Dewgong (multiple)

Debut	Nice Pryce, Baby!

Various amount of Dewgong were seen in the Gym. Pryce used one of them in his gym battle against Ash where it got defeated by Cyndaquil's Flamethrower.

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese 清川元夢 Motomu Kiyokawa 坂口候一 Kōichi Sakaguchi (young) English Jimmy Zoppi Polish Krzysztof Zakrzewski Spanish Latin America César Arias Carlos Hugo Hidalgo (young) Spain Julio Núñez Eduardo del Hoyo (young)

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Pryce in Pokémon Adventures

Pryce is a frail man confined to a wheelchair. He rarely leaves his gym, and uses his Pokémon to create fantastic ice sculptures. With the use of his Pokémon, he also makes it appear like the sculptures can move and attack.

However, he has a sinister side—he is also the criminal mastermind Masked Man (Chuang Yi's translation: Mask of Ice).

He kidnapped Silver, Green, Sham, and Carl (Will and Karen willingly joined him) when they were children. Pryce raised them to be his servants. Even though Green and Silver escaped, he continued to raise the other four as his slaves.

Then, after Giovanni disbanded Team Rocket, he was able to recruit the now-leaderless Rocket Grunts as his underlings. Some came willingly; others were mind-controlled with masks.

In his youth, Pryce had lost two of his Lapras in an avalanche. He never got over the traumatic event, and it seemed to scar him emotionally. He stopped at nothing to gain Celebi's power so that he could travel through time and be reunited with his Pokémon.

Unfortunately, the power of Celebi's time travel almost caused the world to freeze over. Apparently, time travel causes temperatures to plummet. Gold followed Pryce through time and his Pichu destroyed the GS Ball, freeing Celebi.

Pryce vanished in the time vortex. To this day, no one knows what became of him.

Pokémon

This listing is for Pryce's Pokémon in the Pokémon Adventures manga.

Seel (×2)

Debut	Kiss Away Cleffa! Igglybuff!

Pryce's two Seel were seen as his pets.

Although it is not explicitly stated which moves they know, Pryce commands them to animate his ice statues while he is training by rapidly freezing and defrosting them.

Swinub

Debut	Ice-Skating Swinub

Swinub was used to assist Whitney in battling Suicune. It also battled against Erika during the Gym Leader Tournament. It has a Mild nature.

Swinub's only known moves are Blizzard and Powder Snow.

Delibird

Debut	Kiss Away Cleffa! Igglybuff!

Delibird was seen with Pryce's other Pokémon. However, it has not been used that much.

None of Delibird's moves are known.

Glacier

Debut	Kiss Away Cleffa! Igglybuff!

Glacier is a Lapras that came from a egg that its parents, Laprus and Lapris, created. It was happy to be reunited with its parents. The name, Glacier, wasn't revealed until in The Last Battle XIV.

Glacier's only known move is Ice Beam.

Deceased

Laprus ♂

Debut	The Last Battle XIV

Laprus is the father Lapras of Glacier. He was very happy to reunite with his child after Glacier traveled to the past.

Lapris ♀

Debut	The Last Battle XIV

Lapris is the mother Lapras of Glacier. She was very happy to reunite with her child after Glacier traveled to the past.

In the TCG

This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Pryce or his Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.

Name	Type	Level	Rarity	Set	Set no.
Pryce's Dewgong		-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	39/141
Pryce's Cloyster		-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	40/141
Pryce's Lapras		-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	41/141
			-	Unnumbered Promotional cards (no English release)	-
Pryce's Articuno		-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	42/141
Pryce's Sneasel		-	H	Pokémon VS (no English release)	43/141
Pryce's Piloswine		-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	44/141
Pryce's Delibird		-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	45/141
Pryce's TM 01	-	-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	111/141
Pryce's TM 02	-	-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	112/141

Trivia

• His Japanese Leader title is 冬の厳しさを教える者.
• Pryce is the only Gym Leader that forfeited to Ash.
• In the games, Pryce is the only male Johto Gym Leader to have a Generation II Pokémon. Each of the other four male Johto Gym Leaders have only Generation I Pokémon.
• He is one of two Johto Gym Leaders to have lost to Ash in a second battle; him in an official Gym battle (via TKO; the first was an unofficial one-on-one battle—Dewgong vs. Phanpy); the other being Whitney in a Gym battle rematch.
• Pryce appears as an opponent in Pokémon Puzzle Challenge. He uses a Seel in battle.
• Pryce is the only Gym Leader whose highest-leveled Pokémon is at a lower level than the highest-leveled Pokémon of the Gym Leader before him.
• As stated by in-battle dialogue in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, and later during random calls on the Pokégear, Pryce's middle name is Willow, which also happens to be his Japanese name's translation.
• In Generation II, a Boarder in Pryce's Gym states that the secret to Pryce's power is his daily meditation under a waterfall. In Generation IV, this is changed to his sitting on top of "very cold ice".
  • This may be because in Generation IV Chuck trains through meditation under a waterfall.
• Pryce is the first Gym Leader who both specializes in the Ice type and is the 7th Gym Leader, the others being Candice and Brycen.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ヤナギ Yanagi	From 柳 yanagi, willow.
English	Pryce	From ice.
French	Frédo	From froid, cold.
German	Norbert	Means northern brightness.
Italian	Alfredo	From freddo, cold.
Spanish	Fredo	From frío, cold.
Korean	류옹 Ryuong	류 is from 柳, which is taken from 柳 yanagi.
Chinese (Mandarin)	柳伯 Liǔbó	柳 is taken from 柳 yanagi, while 伯 (uncle) is also a respectful term used to refer to someone older.

External links

• Yanagi's Profile on Pokeani (Japanese)

Gym Leaders of the Johto region
Violet Gym Falkner	Azalea Gym Bugsy	Goldenrod Gym Whitney	Ecruteak Gym Morty
Cianwood Gym Chuck	Olivine Gym Jasmine	Mahogany Gym Pryce	Blackthorn Gym Clair

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