Primo

Poké Dude redirects here. For the Pokémon Daisuki Club card of the same name, see Poké Dude. For the character who teaches players how to catch Pokémon in Generation II, see Dude.

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Primo ハジメ Hajime
Primo's artwork from Pokémon Daisuki Club website
Gender	Male
Hometown	Unknown, possibly Viridian City
Region	Kanto and Johto
Relatives	Old man, Maximo
Trainer class	Trainer
Generation	III, IV
Games	FireRed and LeafGreen, HeartGold and SoulSilver

Primo (Japanese: ハジメ Hajime) is a non-player character that appears in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen and Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.

In Generation III, his real name is not mentioned, and Primo is known simply as the Poké Dude (Japanese: テレビのおにいさん Television Dude). He is the grandson of the old man in Viridian City who teaches the player how to catch Pokémon in Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow and gives the Teachy TV in FireRed and LeafGreen.

Primo is also the face of Pokémon Daisuki Club website's subsection on Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver. On this site a player can get the passwords needed to obtain the wallpapers from him in Violet City Pokémon Center.

Generation III

Role in the games

Primo appears in FireRed and LeafGreen as the host of the Poké Dude Show (renamed "The Show Me Show" in Generation IV). This television show broadcast on the Teachy TV and is is aimed at Trainers who have just begun their Pokémon journeys. Primo instructs the player on six key gameplay elements:

• how to battle
• how to catch Pokémon
• what type matchups are
• what a status ailment is
• what TMs are
• how to register an item

The Poké Dude Show is filmed on Route 1.

Pokémon

Primo uses these Pokémon when demonstrating on the Teachy TV.

File:Poké Dude.png Poké Dude [[Kanto|Kanto]] FireRed and LeafGreen Poké and Professor Dude Oak [[Kanto|Kanto]] FireRed and LeafGreen Reward: None

Types: Bug Flying Ability: Compoundeyes Held item: None Butterfree♂ Lv.15 Confusion Psychic   --       Stun Spore Grass   --       Sleep Powder Grass   --       PoisonPowder Poison   --       Types: Normal Unknown Ability: Cute Charm Held item: None Jigglypuff♂ Lv.11 Pound Normal   --       Unknown   --       Unknown   --       Unknown   --       Types: Normal Unknown Ability: Unknown Held item: None Rattata♂ Lv.15 Tackle Normal   --       Hyper Fang Normal   --       Quick Attack Normal   --       Tail Whip Normal   --       Types: Water Unknown Ability: Unknown Held item: None Poliwag♂ Lv.15 Bubble Water   --       Water Gun Water   --       Hypnosis Psychic   --       Unknown   --

TMs owned

TM Move TM01 Focus Punch TM03 Water Pulse TM09 Bullet Seed TM35 Flamethrower

Quotes

At the start of the show:
Hey, all you Trainers out there! HELLO, TRAINERS! ...Come on, let me hear you! HELLO, TRAINERS! It's me, the Poké Dude!

Before moving to a particular aspect of the show:
All righty, here goes! Keep your eyes glued to the super Poké Dude Show!

At the end of the show:
Remember, Trainers, a good deed a day brings happiness to stay!

Images

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  The Teachy TV menu screen

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  The Teachy TV logo is displayed at the start of each show.

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  Each show is set north of Pallet Town, on Route 1.

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  Primo teaches by engaging battles with wild Pokémon.

Generation IV

Primo in HeartGold and SoulSilver

At some point between Generations III and IV, Primo moved from Kanto to Johto. In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, he is first found in Violet City's Pokémon Center. If the player tells him a secret combination of words there, he will give him or her a new wallpaper for their PC boxes or a Pokémon egg. Each combination differs from between games and is dependent on the Trainer ID number of the game.

Later in the game, Primo will compete in the Pokéathlon's Supreme Cup in the Power Course with his Machamp, Rhydon, and Granbull.

Pokémon

Machamp

Rhydon

Granbull

The Pokemon that Primo gives would be a Mareep, Wooper, and Slugma

In the TCG

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

Name	Type	Rarity	Set
Poké Dude	T	-	Unnumbered Promotional cards (no English release)

Trivia

• Hironobu Yoshida once performed in a live-action version of Teachy TV, dressing up as the Poké Dude to present it. Depictions of him in various poses form the basis for the illustration for the Poké Dude promotional card.
• He is the only NPC shown to possess a TM Case, though it is natural to assume that other Trainers also own TM Cases.

In other languages

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ハジメ Hajime
English	Primo
German	Castor
French	Castor
Italian	Castore
Spanish	Cástor
Korean	큰형님 Keun Hyeongnim

External links

• Secret Phrase Generator

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.