Volkner

Volkner デンジ Denzi
""The Shining, Shocking Star""
[[File:File:Volkner2.PNG|{{{size}}}]] Art from Diamond/Pearl
Gender	Male
Eye color	Blue
Hair color	Blond
Hometown	Sunyshore City
Region	Sinnoh
Trainer class	Gym Leader
Generation	IV
Games	Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum
Leader of	Sunyshore Gym
Badge	Beacon Badge

Volkner (Japanese: デンジ Denzi) is the Gym Leader of Sunyshore City's Gym, known officially as the Sunyshore Gym. He hands out the Beacon Badge to Trainers who defeat him. He specializes in Template:Type2 Pokémon.

In the games

Volkner uses Template:Type2 Pokémon in his battles. Trainers who defeat him will receive the Beacon Badge, TM57 (Charge Beam) and will be able to use Waterfall outside of battle. Volkner is friends with Flint, and has become dejected and depressed because no worthy challengers have come to Sunyshore in a while. He has been considering challenging the Elite Four and spends all his time renovating the Gym's electrical equipment, which puts a strain on Sunyshore's power supply and causes a blackout. Appearently, Volkner built the gym's electrical gear traps completely out of boredom. When the player arrives in Sunyshore, Flint introduces them to Volkner, who agrees to hold off on challenging the Elite Four until after he battles the new challenger.

In Pokémon Platinum, Volkner and Flint appear at the entrance to the Battle Frontier and have a double battle against the player and their rival. He can later be fought, like the other Sinnoh Gym Leaders, at the Battleground.

Quotes

At Vista Lighthouse
"... ... ...so you're the latest challenger up against the Sunyshore Gym...All right, I've decided! If I find you to be weak, I'm going to challenge the Pokémon League. I'm all done with renovating the Gym, so I don't need to be here. More than anything, I want to have battles that can thrill me again. As the toughest Gym Leader in Sinnoh, I'm going to unleash everything in my arsenal on you."

Before battle
"...all right, challenger. It's not often, but some Trainers manage to come and challenge me. But they've all been boring battles. I didn't break a sweat beating them. ...Sigh... I'm Volkner, the Gym Leader. They say I'm the top Gym Leader in Sinnoh, but... Anyway, I guess we'd better get this done. I hope you're the Trainer who'll make me remember how fun it is to battle!

After the player takes any one of his Pokémon down to half HP
"I get it! You guys are tough! But we can match your toughness!"

After sending out last Pokémon
"Here it comes! Get ready for my trump card!

OR

"This is it! My trump card!"

During battle
"Shocking... I didn't see this coming!"

When defeated
"You've got me beat... Your desire and the noble way your Pokémon battled for you... I even felt thrilled during our match. That was a very good battle."

After being defeated
"...hehehe. Hahahah! ...That was the most fun I've had in a battle since...I don't know when! It's also made me excited to know you and your team will keep battling to greater heights! This is your eighth badge. You've earned this!

That badge will allow you to use the hidden move Waterfall even when you're not in a battle. Waterfall happens to be key if you're going to the Pokémon league. Also, because you've collected all eight badges, any Pokémon at any level will now obey you without fail. I want you to take this too. What's inside that TM57 is the move Charge Beam. It may raise Special Attack if it lands. It's electrifying!

Post-battle
"Your next step is the Pokémon League challenge. It's time for you to cross the sea and win your way through the gauntlet that is Victory Road. Demonstrate to the Pokémon League your mastery of your team. Against you, even the Elite Four will be pushed to fend off your challenge!"

Before rematch battle
"Your Pokémon... I can feel their power! Of course, you can sense the power of my Pokémon, can't you? Let us battle with you!

During rematch battle
You methodically corner me! Just like before!

When defeated in rematch battle
"I even felt thrilled during our match. That was a very good battle.

After being defeated in rematch battle
Winning makes me happy and losing leaves me angry... That's no great revelation, but it's what makes me stronger.

Trivia

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The double battle against Flint and Volkner.

• All of Volkner's Diamond and Pearl Pokémon are Pokémon that have gender differences.
• Two of Volkner's Pokémon in Diamond and Pearl are not of his chosen type, Electric (Ambipom is a Template:Type2 and Octillery is a Template:Type2). However, each of these Pokémon knows one Electric-type move (Shock Wave and Charge Beam respectively). This changed in Platinum when Ambipom and Octillery are replaced by Jolteon and Electivire.
• Volkner's Electivire is the only Pokémon of a Gym Leader to use seals in Pokémon Platinum. Coincidentally, it is used in the double battle with Flint, who uses his Magmortar, the only Pokémon of a member of the Elite Four to have seals.
• To follow the pattern of every Electric-type Gym Leader's military-style clothing, Volkner wears a military uniform similar to that of the dress uniform of Turkish troops.
• Volkner is the only Sinnoh Gym Leader to not have any Pokémon with more than one type in Diamond and Pearl.
• Volkner is the only Electric-type Gym Leader to not use a Voltorb.
• Volkner being bored with weak trainers and few challengers can also be seen in Drake, leader of the Orange League, who had the same feeling.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	デンジ (Denzi)	From デンジソウ denjisō, the Japanese name for European waterclover. Means electromagnetic (電磁 denji).
English, German	Volkner	Probably derived from German name "Volker" for "defender". Sounds similar to volt.
French	Tanguy	Probably from the term "tension électrique" (electrical tension), usually referred to in English as "voltage".
Italian	Corrado	From corrente, current.
Spanish	Lectro	From eléctrico, electric.
Korean	전진 Jeonjin	May be a combination of 'lightning' (電, jeon) and 'thunder' (震, jin).

External links

• Sunyshore.com's Volkner Page
• Serebii.net Sinnoh Leaders Page

Gym Leaders of the Sinnoh region
Oreburgh Gym Roark	Eterna Gym Gardenia	Veilstone Gym Maylene	Pastoria Gym Crasher Wake
Hearthome Gym Fantina	Canalave Gym Byron	Snowpoint Gym Candice	Sunyshore Gym Volkner

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