PI (Trainer class)
Gamer ギャンブラー Gambler | |
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Other names | Gambler (Generation I) PI (Generation IV) |
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Introduced in | Generation I |
Appears in | Red, Blue, and Yellow FireRed and LeafGreen Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver* Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! Stadium |
Gender | Male |
TCG debut | Fossil |
TCG card | Gambler |
Manga debut | Deprogramming Porygon-Z (Adventures) |
A Gamer (Japanese: ギャンブラー Gambler) is a type of Pokémon Trainer that first debuted in the Generation I games. In Generations I, III, and VII, they are depicted as old men with dice and a dice cup. In Generation IV, they are depicted as young men in trenchcoats flipping coins.
While they were known as Gamblers in Generation I, this was changed to Gamer in Pokémon FireRed, LeafGreen, Let's Go, Pikachu!, and Let's Go, Eevee! to avoid gambling references. As a result, some jokes were lost, such as in FireRed and LeafGreen when Gamer Rich describes himself as a "rambling, gaming dude" instead of a "rambling, gambling dude." In the English releases of Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, the Trainer class name was changed once again to PI (private investigator), likely because of the trenchcoat's stereotypical association with detectives allowing for hiding the censorship, but all their dialogue still revolves around gambling. PIs can also appear in Johto's Battle Frontier.
In all games since Generation IV, they exclusively use various Pokémon that tend to rely on luck over skill, specializing in one-hit knockout moves such as Horn Drill. In the Battle Tower and Battle Frontier, all their Pokémon know either a one-hit knockout move or a move that involves the user fainting, such as Destiny Bond or Explosion. In Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, their Pokémon are several levels higher than other comparable Trainers' in the routes they're in to further increase the odds of their one-hit knockout moves connecting.
In Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, Gamers will award three Poké Balls along with prize money upon being defeated.
Appearance
In the core series
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Gambler sprite from Red and Blue |
Gambler sprite from Yellow |
Sprite from FireRed and LeafGreen |
PI sprite from Generation IV |
VS model from Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! |
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Gambler overworld sprite from Generation I |
Overworld sprite from FireRed and LeafGreen |
PI overworld sprite from Generation IV |
In other games
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Gambler portrait from Stadium |
Trainer list
Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow
Trainer name | Battle | Winnings | [show]Pokémon |
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Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen
Trainer name | Battle | Winnings | [show]Pokémon |
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Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
Trainer name | Battle | Winnings | [show]Pokémon |
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Pokémon Platinum
Trainer name | Battle | Winnings | [show]Pokémon |
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Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
Trainer name | Battle | Winnings | [show]Pokémon |
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Pokémon Stadium
Trainer name | Battle | [show]Pokémon |
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In the manga
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In the Pokémon Adventures manga
A PI was seen in Deprogramming Porygon-Z, where he was part of a group of people who entered the Battle Frontier after Palmer had his assistants open the gates.
A PI with a Geodude was seen amongst the people visiting the Safari Zone in Weavile Wobbles But It Won't Fall Down.
Pokémon
Debut | Deprogramming Porygon-Z |
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Misdreavus was briefly seen with its Trainer when they were entering the Battle Frontier.
None of Misdreavus's moves are known.
In the TCG
There is a card called Gambler in the Fossil expansion of the TCG. It causes the user to shuffle their hand into their deck, and then draw either 1 or 8 cards depending on the result of a coin flip.
In other languages
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