Buck

Buck バク Baku
[[File:File:Buck.png|{{{size}}}]] Art from Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
Gender	Male
Hometown	Survival Area
Region	Sinnoh
Relatives	Older brother, grandfather
Trainer class	Pokémon Trainer
Generation	IV
Games	Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum

Buck (Japanese: バク Baku) is a Pokémon Trainer from Sinnoh. He is one of five Trainers who can join with the main character during an event in Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum. Buck is a strong trainer from Survival Area which is close to Stark Mountain volcano, where he loves to train. Later, he can join the player in competition at Sinnoh's Battle Tower. He appears at Stark Mountain and is part of the event required to catch Heatran. Buck's older brother is an Elite Four member, but who it is exactly remains unknown. Many fans speculate that it may be Flint. His grandfather runs and cooks at the Battleground.

Pokémon

Battle Tower

In the Battle Tower, Buck uses a variety of Pokémon, most of which have high Defensive stats.

In the TCG

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

Name	Type	Level	Rarity	Set	Set no.
Buck's Training	-	-		Legends Awakened	130/146
			(H)	Unnumbered Promotional cards (no English release)	-

Quotes

When met on the way to Stark Mountain: Yo! If it isn't <player>! Don't tell me you're going to Stark Mountain, too? You're pretty wimpy... You're sure you're going to be OK? Heh, why am I asking you that? It's not like I care. Anyways, if we see each other on Stark Mountain, the race is on to see who gets the Magma Stone first!

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	バク Baku	From 麦 baku, wheat.
English	Buck	From buckwheat. Is also similar to Baku.
French	Cornil	A possible reference to corn.
German	Avenaro	From avena, the scientific name of oat.
Italian	Chicco	Literally means grain.
Spanish	Bulgur	From bulgur, a cereal food.
Korean	맥 Maek	麦 maek means wheat (same as Japanese).

His name could be derived from the Japanese word for explosion (爆破 bakuha) which possibly refers to his training place, a blazing volcano.

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This game character article is part of Project CharacterDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in the Pokémon games.