Bugsy

Bugsy ツクシ Tsukushi
"The Walking Bug Pokémon Encyclopedia"
Art from HeartGold and SoulSilver
Gender	Male
Eye color	Lavender
Hair color	Lavender
Hometown	Azalea Town
Region	Johto
Trainer class	Gym Leader
Generation	II, IV
Games	Gold, Silver, Crystal, Pokémon Stadium 2, HeartGold, SoulSilver
Leader of	Azalea Gym
Badge	Hive Badge
Specializes in	Template:Type2s
Anime debut	Gettin' the Bugs Out
English voice actor	Tara Jayne
Japanese voice actor	Hiromi Ishikawa

Bugsy (Japanese: ツクシ Tsukushi) is the Gym Leader of Azalea Town's Gym, known officially as the Azalea Gym. He hands out the Hive Badge to Trainers who defeat him. He specializes in Template:Type2 Pokémon.

In the games

File:Gold Silver Bugsy.jpg

Headshot of Bugsy from Pokémon Gold and Silver

Bugsy appears in Pokémon Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold, and SoulSilver as the Gym Leader of the Azalea Gym. He is the second Gym Leader to be challenged in each of the games, although he cannot be fought until Team Rocket has been driven out of the Slowpoke Well.

Because of his research on Bug Pokémon, Bugsy's knowledge makes him an authority on them. He even discovered the move Fury Cutter, which is the signature move on his Scyther. This research has led to his given title, "The Walking Bug Pokémon Encyclopedia". He claims to never lose when it comes to Bug Pokémon, but—once defeated by the player—will admit his research isn't yet finished. Upon defeat he will hand out the Hive Badge, and a Template:Type2 Technical Machine: TM49 (Fury Cutter) in Gold, Silver, and Crystal, and TM89 (U-turn) in HeartGold and SoulSilver.

Like all other Johto and Kanto Gym Leaders, Bugsy will leave his Gym from time to time. Every Thursday, Bugsy travels to Viridian Forest where he will hand out his PokéGear phone number to fellow travelers all day. From here he will progress to the Fighting Dojo and, on Thursday afternoons, accept a rematch with a stronger team.

Bugsy also has a room in the Johto Gym Leader Castle in Pokémon Stadium 2. This is the only time he will use Pokémon not of the Bug-type.

Pokémon

This listing is of Bugsy's Pokémon in the games he has appeared in.

Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal

File:SpriteBugsy.gif [[Leader (Trainer class)|Leader]] Bugsy [[Azalea Gym|Azalea Gym]] Gold, Silver, and Crystal [[Leader (Trainer class)|Leader]] and Professor Bugsy Oak [[Azalea Gym|Azalea Gym]] Gold, Silver, and Crystal Reward: $1600

Types: Bug Unknown Held item: None Metapod♂ Lv.14 Tackle Normal   --       String Shot Bug   --       Harden Normal   --       class="roundy" style="background: #Template:Color dark; border: 2px solid #Template:Color dark" |   --       Types: Bug Poison Held item: None Kakuna♂ Lv.14 Poison Sting Poison   --       String Shot Bug   --       Harden Normal   --       class="roundy" style="background: #Template:Color dark; border: 2px solid #Template:Color dark" |   --       Types: Bug Flying Held item: None Scyther♂ Lv.16 Fury Cutter Bug   --       Quick Attack Normal   --       Leer Normal   --       class="roundy" style="background: #Template:Color dark; border: 2px solid #Template:Color dark" |   --

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Gym match

File:BugsyHGSS.gif [[Leader (Trainer class)|Leader]] Bugsy [[Azalea Gym|Azalea Gym]] HeartGold and SoulSilver [[Leader (Trainer class)|Leader]] and Professor Bugsy Oak [[Azalea Gym|Azalea Gym]] HeartGold and SoulSilver Reward: $1800

Types: Bug Flying Ability: Technician Held item: Sitrus Berry Scyther♀ Lv.17 Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Leer Normal Status   --       U-turn Bug Physical   --       Focus Energy Normal Status   --       Types: Bug Unknown Ability: Shed Skin Held item: None Metapod♀ Lv.15 Tackle Normal Physical   --       class="roundy" width="50%" style="background: #Template:Color dark; border: 2px solid #Template:Color dark" |   --       class="roundy" style="background: #Template:Color dark; border: 2px solid #Template:Color dark" |   --       class="roundy" style="background: #Template:Color dark; border: 2px solid #Template:Color dark" |   --       Types: Bug Poison Ability: Shed Skin Held item: None Kakuna♀ Lv.15 Poison Sting Poison Physical   --       class="roundy" width="50%" style="background: #Template:Color dark; border: 2px solid #Template:Color dark" |   --       class="roundy" style="background: #Template:Color dark; border: 2px solid #Template:Color dark" |   --       class="roundy" style="background: #Template:Color dark; border: 2px solid #Template:Color dark" |   --

Second battle (Rematch)

File:BugsyHGSS.gif [[Leader (Trainer class)|Leader]] Bugsy [[Fighting Dojo|Fighting Dojo]] HeartGold and SoulSilver [[Leader (Trainer class)|Leader]] and Professor Bugsy Oak [[Fighting Dojo|Fighting Dojo]] HeartGold and SoulSilver Reward: $6240

Types: Bug Steel Ability: Technician Held item: Sitrus Berry Scizor♀ Lv.56 Swords Dance Normal Status   --       Bullet Punch Steel Physical   --       X-Scissor Bug Physical   --       Superpower Fighting Physical   --       Types: Bug Flying Ability: Pressure Held item: Sitrus Berry Vespiquen♀ Lv.52 Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Attack Order Bug Physical   --       Protect Normal Status   --       Defend Order Bug Status   --       Types: Bug Unknown Ability: Mold Breaker Held item: None Pinsir♀ Lv.55 Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Rock Tomb Rock Physical   --       X-Scissor Bug Physical   --       Guillotine Normal Physical   --       Types: Bug Fighting Ability: Guts Held item: None Heracross♀ Lv.54 Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Counter Fighting Physical   --       Close Combat Fighting Physical   --       Megahorn Bug Physical   --       Types: Bug Flying Ability: Tinted Lens Held item: None Yanmega♀ Lv.52 AncientPower Rock Special   --       Detect Fighting Status   --       Bug Buzz Bug Special   --       Air Slash Flying Special   --       Types: Bug Ghost Ability: Wonder Guard Held item: None Shedinja Lv.50 Shadow Sneak Ghost Physical   --       Toxic Poison Status   --       X-Scissor Bug Physical   --       Swagger Normal Status   --

Pokémon Stadium 2

Round 1

File:S2 Leader Bugsy.png [[Leader (Trainer class)|Leader]] Bugsy [[Azalea Gym|Azalea Gym]] Round 1 [[Leader (Trainer class)|Leader]] and Professor Bugsy Oak [[Azalea Gym|Azalea Gym]] Round 1 Reward: None

Types: Bug Flying Held item: PRZCureBerry Scyther♂ Lv.50 Fury Cutter Bug   --       Slash Normal   --       Wing Attack Flying   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --       Types: Bug Flying Held item: PSNCureBerry Butterfree♀ Lv.50 Psychic Psychic   --       Giga Drain Grass   --       Gust Flying   --       Nightmare Ghost   --       Types: Bug Poison Held item: Mint Berry Beedrill♂ Lv.50 Cut Normal   --       Twineedle Bug   --       Sludge Bomb Poison   --       Poison Sting Poison   --       Types: Grass Poison Held item: Berry Weepinbell♀ Lv.50 Razor Leaf Grass   --       Sludge Bomb Poison   --       Cut Normal   --       Wrap Normal   --       Types: Bug Unknown Held item: Bitter Berry Pinsir♂ Lv.50 Strength Normal   --       Submission Fighting   --       Bind Normal   --       Seismic Toss Fighting   --       Types: Rock Ground Held item: Ice Berry Pupitar♂ Lv.50 Rock Slide Rock   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Headbutt Normal   --       Sleep Talk Normal   --

Round 2

File:S2 Leader Bugsy.png [[Leader (Trainer class)|Leader]] Bugsy [[Azalea Gym|Azalea Gym]] Round 2 [[Leader (Trainer class)|Leader]] and Professor Bugsy Oak [[Azalea Gym|Azalea Gym]] Round 2 Reward: None

Types: Bug Flying Held item: King's Rock Scyther Lv.50 Reversal Fighting   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --       Wing Attack Flying   --       Steel Wing Steel   --       Types: Normal Unknown Held item: Miracle Berry Raticate Lv.50 Reversal Fighting   --       Roar Normal   --       Super Fang Normal   --       Hyper Fang Normal   --       Types: Bug Unknown Held item: Scope Lens Pinsir Lv.50 Body Slam Normal   --       Submission Fighting   --       Fury Cutter Bug   --       Seismic Toss Fighting   --       Types: Rock Unknown Held item: Quick Claw Sudowoodo Lv.50 Low Kick Fighting   --       Strength Normal   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Types: Water Ground Held item: Bright Powder Quagsire Lv.50 Surf Water   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Haze Ice   --       AncientPower Rock   --       Types: Bug Fighting Held item: Focus Band Heracross Lv.50 Reversal Fighting   --       Megahorn Bug   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Take Down Normal   --

Quotes

File:SpriteBugsy.gif	File:BugsyHGSS.gif
Bugsy's sprite from Generation II	Bugsy's sprite from Generation IV	Bugsy's VS sprite from Generation IV

Pokémon Gold and Silver

"I'm Bugsy! I never lose when it comes to bug Pokémon. My research is going to make me the authority on bug Pokémon! Let me demonstrate what I've learned from my studies."

"Whoa, amazing! You're an expert on Pokémon! My research isn't complete yet. Ok, you win. Take this Badge."

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

PokéGear Phone

"Hello! How are you? I'm doing great as usual! On Thursdays around noon, I'm usually free. If you want to see my Bug-type Pokémon again, you should call me then!"

Thursday noon:

"Hello! How are you? I'm doing great as usual! Oh, you called at just the right time! I'm not doing anything right now. Wanna battle again?"

No: "I see... Well, there's no helping that..."

"All right! See you at the Fighting Dojo in Saffron City!"

In the anime

Bugsy in the anime

Bugsy's only anime appearance was in the episode Gettin' the Bugs Out.

Bugsy trains in a large, greenhouse-like Gym filled with trees and bugs. He has an affinity for Bug-type Pokémon.

His Scyther can use Swords Dance to deflect Template:Type2 attacks. However, Ash figured out it was vulnerable from above, and Cyndaquil was able to knock it out, winning Ash the Hive Badge.

Pokémon

This listing is of Bugsy's known Pokémon in the anime:

Spinarak

Debut	Gettin' the Bugs Out

Spinarak is the first Pokémon Bugsy used in his match against Ash, saying that it's one of his strongest Pokémon in his arsenal. It battled against Cyndaquil and almost won with its String Shot and Poison Sting attacks, since Cyndaquil couldn't get its flame started. Eventually, Ash recalled Cyndaquil and sent out Chikorita instead, despite the type disadvantage. Spinarak and Chikorita kept dodging each other's attacks, until Ash told Chikorita to use Sweet Scent, enabling it to Tackle Spinarak and win the round.

Metapod

Debut	Gettin' the Bugs Out
Voice actors
Japanese
English	Eric Stuart

Bugsy's second choice for his battle with Ash was Metapod. Metapod used Harden several times to resist Chikorita's attacks, and then surprised Ash by being able to jump and Tackle Chikorita. Ash decided to use Pikachu, and after dodging many more attacks, Pikachu managed to attack Metapod with Thunderbolt and win.

Scyther

Bugsy's Scyther

Debut	Gettin' the Bugs Out
Voice actors
Japanese
English	Eric Stuart

The final and most powerful of Bugsy's Pokémon was Scyther. It defeated Ash's Pikachu easily with a powerful Slash attack.

Scyther proved to be an exceptional fighter as it can hold its own against Template:Type2s by using Swords Dance to counter fire attacks. Using this technique, it almost defeated Ash's Cyndaquil by deflecting all of its fire attacks. Thanks to Ash's strategy, Cyndaquil gained the upper hand. Instead of attacking horizontally, it jumped above Scyther and used Flamethrower. Scyther was unable to defend itself from the attack and it was knocked out of the battle.

It is voiced by Katsuyuki Konishi in the Japanese version and by Eric Stuart in the English dub.

At Azalea Gym

Caterpie (multiple)

Weedle (multiple)

Kakuna (multiple)

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese 石川寛美 Hiromi Ishikawa English Tara Jayne Italian Monica Bonetto Polish Grzegorz Pawlak European Spanish Amelia Jara

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

File:Bugsy Special.png

Bugsy in Pokémon Adventures

In Pokémon Adventures, Bugsy is a ruins explorer. He meets Gold at the Ruins of Alph, who at first mistakes the Gym Leader for a girl and asks him out on a date. When he reveals he is a boy he tells Gold that he is looking for his missing companions who were helping him study the ruins. The two of them then run into Team Rocket and accidently awaken the Unown. After being cornered by a Spinarak's Spider Web Explotaro used Smokescreen to get the Unown in the web and take out their anger on Team Rocket. Bugsy then left the cave with his companions, ecstatic about his new discovery.

Bugsy is then see with more research colleagues before Suicune appears to him. He fails to catch Suicune just like the rest and it becomes the first Pokémon to break through his capture net. He does discover several inscriptions written in Unown, one saying "Rope Escape" and another saying "Ho-Oh".

Bugsy uses a special multi-Poké Ball capture net made for him by Kurt.

Pokémon

This listing is of Bugsy's Pokémon in the Pokémon Adventures manga.

Metapod (×2)

Kakuna (×2)

Heracross (×2)

Scyther

Released

Unown (given to research colleagues)

In the TCG

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

Name	Type	Level	Rarity	Set	Set no.
Bugsy's Butterfree		-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	8/141
Bugsy's Beedrill		-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	9/141
Bugsy's Pinsir		-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	10/141
Bugsy's Ledian		-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	11/141
Bugsy's Yanma		-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	12/141
Bugsy's Scizor		-	H	Pokémon VS (no English release)	13/141
Bugsy's TM 01	-	-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	105/141
Bugsy's TM 02	-	-		Pokémon VS (no English release)	106/141

Trivia

• Bugsy is the only Gym Leader to use any Pokémon in battle that cannot learn any TMs or HMs.
• In the anime, Bugsy's Metapod is the only Metapod to be shown using Tackle (or indeed, any move other than Harden).
  • This can also apply to the games, as all wild Metapod and Kakuna (as well as trainer's Metapod and Kakuna) only had Harden as the only move available to them.
• Similarly to Saturn and Will, his Pokémon are the opposite gender of himself despite having a 50-50 gender ratio.
  • Bugsy's Pokémon were all male in the original Johto games.
• Bugsy is the only Johto gym leader that does not have an elemental type advantage on the next Gym Leader. (Falkner trains Template:Type2 Pokémon, which are strong against Bug-type Pokémon. Meanwhile, Whitney's Template:Type2 Pokémon are immune to Template:Type2 moves of Morty.)
• Bugsy is the only Gym Leader whose signature Pokémon is sent out on the first turn (though this is only in Generation IV), but this due to the fact that his Scyther now carries U-turn.
• Bugsy appears as an opponent in Pokémon Puzzle Challenge. He uses a Kakuna to battle.
• Bugsy is the only Gym Leader that specialize in the Bug-type.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ツクシ (Tsukushi)	土筆 tsukushi, a horsetail. つくつく法師 tsukutsukubōshi is a type of cicada.
English	Bugsy	Refers to the word bug.
French	Hector	Similar to insecte, insect.
German	Kai	Refers to the word Käfer, coleopter.
Italian	Raffaello	Similar to farfalla, butterfly.
Spanish	Antón	Similar to antena, antenna.
Korean	호일 Ho-il
Chinese	阿筆/阿笔 Ā Bǐ	筆 is taken from 土筆 tsukushi.

External links

• Tsukushi'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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