Hilbert (game)
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Hilbert トウヤ Touya | |
Art from Black and White | |
Age | 14[1] |
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Gender | Male |
Eye color | Brown |
Hair color | Dark brown |
Hometown | Nuvema Town |
Region | Unova |
Relatives | Mom, mentioned father (as player) |
Trainer class | Pokémon Trainer, player character |
Generation | V |
Games | Black, White, Masters EX |
Game animation debut | The King Returns |
English voice actor | Griffin Burns[2] (Masters EX) |
Japanese voice actor | Junko Minagawa[3] (Masters EX) |
Manga counterpart(s) | Monta, Black, Touya, Shin, Hiro |
Hilbert (Japanese: トウヤ Touya) is the male player character in Pokémon Black and White. His female counterpart is Hilda.
In the core series
Pokémon Black and White
As the playable character
Hilbert is a boy who lives in Nuvema Town, as do his childhood friends, Cheren and Bianca. If chosen as the player, he will receive a starter Pokémon and a Pokédex from Professor Juniper. After setting off on his Pokémon journey at the same time as Cheren and Bianca, Hilbert will at some point be asked by Fennel to do some sort of quest; in return for its completion, Hilbert will receive a C-Gear.
As well as encountering and battling his childhood friends at various points during his journey, Hilbert will also meet a young man known as N, who wishes to create separate worlds for humans and Pokémon. In order to achieve his goals, he and Hilbert will battle several times during the course of the game. Hilbert also battles Team Plasma at various stages of his journey. Ultimately, Hilbert is recognized as a hero by Reshiram or Zekrom, depending on the version.
As a non-playable character
If not chosen as the player, Hilbert appears as the player's partner in the Battle Subway when choosing to ride the Multi-Train. Two of the following Pokémon are picked from the corresponding list, depending on what the player wants him to base his team on. If the player chooses "A balance between the two," Hilbert's Pokémon are chosen from either list.
Pokémon Black 2 and White 2
In Black 2 and White 2, the protagonist of Black and White was said to be searching for N in a faraway region and has not yet returned home. His mom mistakes the player for him.
Pokémon
Battle Subway Pokémon
This is a list of all the Pokémon used in the Multi Train and Super Multi Train battles. Each Pokémon has a non-Hidden Ability that, along with gender, is randomly selected. These Pokémon will always have the maximum 31 individual values across every stat and the full 510 effort values evenly distributed (rounding down) among two or three stats.
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In spin-off games
Pokémon Masters EX
- Main article: Hilbert (Masters)
Artwork
Liberty Garden Island artwork with Victini and Hilda | Battle Subway artwork |
Sprites
Sprite from Black and White |
Wonder Launcher sprite from Black and White |
Sprite from Black 2 and White 2 |
Wonder Launcher sprite from Black 2 and White 2 |
Back sprite from Black and White |
Overworld sprite from Black and White |
VS sprite from Black and White |
Intro sprite from Black and White |
Xtransceiver sprite from Black and White |
Quotes
- Main article: Hilbert (game)/Quotes
Counterparts
In the anime
Pokémon Generations
Hilbert briefly appeared in The King Returns, where he arrived at the Giant Chasm on the back of his Zekrom to help N battle Ghetsis and White Kyurem.
Much like the other player characters depicted in Pokémon Generations, Hilbert doesn't have any lines of dialogue.
Pokémon
Debut | The King Returns |
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Zekrom is Hilbert's only known Pokémon. It appeared alongside its Trainer to help N stop Ghetsis.
Zekrom's only known move is Thunderbolt.
GOTCHA!
Hilbert briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
- Main article: Black (Adventures)
Black from Pokémon Adventures is based on Hilbert, whose dream is to be the Champion of the Unova Pokémon League.
Be the Best! Pokémon B+W
- Main article: Monta
Monta from Be the Best! Pokémon B+W is based on Hilbert.
Pocket Monsters BW: Meetings with the Legends
- Main article: Touya (MWL)
Touya from Pocket Monsters BW: Meetings with the Legends is based on Hilbert.
Pocket Monsters BW: The Heroes of Fire and Thunder
- Main article: Shin (FAT)
Shin from Pocket Monsters BW: The Heroes of Fire and Thunder is based on Hilbert.
Pocket Monsters B2 W2 ~ A New Legend ~
- Main article: Hiro
Hiro from Pocket Monsters B2 W2 ~ A New Legend ~ is based on Hilbert.
Pocket Monsters BW
Black from Pocket Monsters BW is based on Hilbert.
Trivia
- Prior to the release of Black and White, pre-release media and most fans referred to Hilbert as "Black".
- English demos of Black and White referred to Hilbert as "Blair".
- English pre-release screenshots referred to Hilbert as "Kuro" (the Japanese word for "black").
- From a bird's-eye view, Hilbert's hat looks like a Poké Ball.
- Unused text in Black 2 and White 2 indicates that Hilbert and Hilda were originally planned as opponents at the Pokémon World Tournament.
- Hilbert and Hilda are the first player characters in the core series games not to have pre-programmed names either by choice or in case one isn't specified.
- In the May 2010 volume of CoroCoro Comics, it was stated that Hilbert and Hilda are older than previous player characters, but it is not known how much older they actually are.
- According to game scenario author Toshinobu Matsumiya, Hilbert and Hilda were initially visualized to be at the age of 16.[4]
Names
Language | Name | Origin |
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Japanese | トウヤ Tōya | From 闘 tō (fight) |
English | Hilbert | From Hilbert, a male name derived from the Germanic element hild (battle) and beorht (bright) |
German | Warren | From war |
Spanish | Lucho | From lucha (fight) |
French | Ludwig | From Ludwig, a Germanic name derived from the Old High German words hluth (famous) and wig (war) |
Italian | Alcide | From Alcides, an alternate name for Heracles |
Korean | 투지 Tuji | From 투지 (鬪志) tuji (fighting spirit) |
Chinese (Mandarin) | 鬥也 Dòuyě | From 鬥 dòu / dau (fight) |
Chinese (Cantonese) | 鬥也 Dauyáh |
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