Ethan (game)

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Hibiki redirects here. For the character of the day in Beauty and the Breeder, see Zane.
Gold (game) redirects here. For the game titled "Pokémon Gold Version", see Pokémon Gold and Silver Versions.
This article is about the male protagonist whose default name is クリス in the Japanese version of Pokémon Crystal. For the female player character in Pokémon Crystal with the same Japanese name, see Kris (game).
Ethan
ヒビキ Hibiki
HeartGold SoulSilver Ethan.png
Art from HeartGold and SoulSilver
Gender Male
Eye color Gray
Hair color Black
Hometown New Bark Town
Region Johto
Relatives Mom (as player)
Grandparents, unnamed father (as NPC)
Trainer class Pokémon Trainer, Player character
Generation II, IV, VII
Games Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold, SoulSilver, Pokémon Puzzle Challenge, Masters EX
Game animation debut The Lake of Rage
English voice actor Unknown (Masters EX)
Japanese voice actor Daisuke Hirose[1] (Masters EX)
Anime counterpart Jimmy,
Ethan (M13)
Counterpart debut The Legend of Thunder!
Manga counterpart(s) Gold, Gold, Gold, , Takashi, Soul

Ethan (Japanese: ヒビキ Hibiki) is the main playable character in Pokémon Gold and Silver and is the male choice in Pokémon Crystal, Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver. In Crystal, his female counterpart is Kris, while in HeartGold and SoulSilver, his female counterpart is Lyra.

In the core series

As the protagonist

Ethan's journey as a Trainer begins when Professor Elm asks him to run an errand for Mr. Pokémon, who lives north of Cherrygrove City on Route 30. Because he may encounter dangerous wild Pokémon along the way, Elm gives him a choice between three Pokémon to protect him: Cyndaquil, Totodile or Chikorita.

Ethan spots another boy his age watching Elm's Lab from outside. When Ethan tries to talk to him, the boy abruptly shoves him away. This boy, Silver, will become Ethan's rival.

Ethan continues onward and finally meets Mr. Pokémon and completes his errand. While there he meets Professor Oak who, upon realizing Ethan's bond with his new Pokémon, gives him a Pokédex. On his way back home, Ethan again meets Silver, who has stolen one of Elm's remaining Pokémon. After defeating the boy in battle, the boy tells Ethan his nameGSC/Ethan learns the boy's name from his dropped Trainer CardHGSS, and Ethan relays it to the police in New Bark Town. Professor Elm allows Ethan to keep the Pokémon he chose earlier, and also encourages him to compete in the Johto League.

Ethan begins on a Pokémon journey in the Johto region, facing off against its eight Gym Leaders, defeating and disbanding the revived Team Rocket, and becoming Pokémon League Champion by defeating the Elite Four and its previous Champion, Lance at Indigo Plateau. Along the way he also teaches Silver to respect Pokémon as living creatures and not just as tools for battle.

After being declared the Pokémon League Champion, Ethan then journeys by ship from Olivine City to Vermilion City in Kanto. Traveling around that region, he battles against another set of eight Gym Leaders. Upon getting permission from Professor Oak in Pallet Town, Ethan heads for Mt. Silver via Route 28. His journey comes to a close when, deep in Mt. Silver's cave, he faces the Champion from Pallet Town, Pokémon Trainer Red, who had been training there since shortly after he became Pokémon League Champion three years prior.

As a non-playable character

In Pokémon Crystal, if Kris is selected, then the male player character will not appear in the game at all (although his sprite will be used in a link battle with another game from Generation II as well as opponents in Viridian City's Trainer House).

In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, if Lyra is selected to be the player character, Ethan meets her in New Bark Town at the start of the game. In this particular scene, he is seen with a Marill. He will always have Marill even if another starter Pokémon is selected. In addition, he doesn't appear to take the remaining starter Pokémon. His role in the storyline of HeartGold and SoulSilver is similar to that of Lucas/Dawn in Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum if they are not chosen as the player character, while Lyra takes this place if he is selected as the player. He teaches the player how to catch Pokémon on Route 29 (replacing the Dude from Gold, Silver, and Crystal).

While playing as Lyra, his grandparents run the Pokémon Day Care on Route 34. He also gives the player the Fashion Case in Goldenrod Tunnel and the Vs. Recorder on Route 31. Naturally, this role is given to Lyra if he is the player character.

Pokémon

Ethan uses this party to show the player how to catch Pokémon when Lyra is selected as the player character in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.



Caught in tutorial
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Type:
Normal Unknown
Ability:
Run Away or Guts
Held item:
None
Rattata/ Lv.2
Tail Whip
Normal Status
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Mentioned

When called with the Pokégear at different locations, Ethan will mention he owns certain Pokémon.

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Tauros*
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Bulbasaur*
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Porygon*
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Tangela*

In spin-off games

Pokémon Puzzle Challenge

Ethan is the player character in the Challenge mode of Pokémon Puzzle Challenge. In this mode, he challenges the Gym Leaders and Elite Four of Johto in puzzle games.

Pokémon Masters EX

Main article: Ethan (Masters)

Ethan pairs alongside Cyndaquil and its evolved forms Quilava and Typhlosion in Pokémon Masters EX.

Artwork

Gold Silver Ethan.png Crystal Ethan.png Gold Silver Ethan running.png Gold Silver Ethan Pokégear.png Gold Silver Ethan Time Capsule.png
Official artwork from
Gold and Silver
Official artwork from
Crystal
Running Checking his Pokégear Approaching a Time Capsule
Game Freak Whitney Ethan.jpg Ruins of Alph.jpg Pokémon Gallery Encounter with Shining.png Arceus ruins art.png HGSS Walking Pokémon.png
Artwork from the Game Freak website In front of the Ruins of Alph Encountering a Shiny Pokémon In the Sinjoh Ruins Walking with Pokémon
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Ethan and Cyndaquil concept artwork for Kotobukiya ArtFx J figurines

Sprites

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Spr GS Ethan.png Spr C Ethan.png Spr HGSS Ethan.png Spr EthanHGSSstart.png Spr HGSS Ethan 2.png GSC Ethan Back.png HGSS Ethan Back.png
Sprite from
Gold and Silver
Sprite from
Crystal
Sprite from
Generation IV
Intro sprite from
Generation IV
Pokéathlon
sprite from
Generation IV
Backsprite from
Generation II
Backsprite from
Generation IV
EthanGSCwalkdown.png EthanHGSSwalkdown.png EthanTRHGSSwalkdown.png EthanAthUnusedHGSSwalkdown.png EthanChallenge.png Ethan walking.png Ethan opening.png Puzzle Challenge player.png
Overworld
sprite from
Generation II
Overworld sprite from
Generation IV
Overworld sprite, when disguised as a Team Rocket Grunt from
Generation IV
Overworld Pokéathlon sprite from
Generation IV
VS sprite from
Generation IV
Sprite from
the opening of
HeartGold and SoulSilver
VS sprite from
the opening of
HeartGold and SoulSilver
Sprite from
Pokémon Puzzle Challenge

Quotes

Main article: Ethan (game)/Quotes

Optional names

Game Japanese English French German Italian Spanish Korean
Gold ゴールド Gold
ヒロキ Hiroki
テツオ Tetsuo
タカシ Takashi
Gold
Hiro
Taylor
Karl
Gold
Julien
Jean
Jacques
Gold
Daniel
Fritz
Karl
Oro
Paolo
Diego
Carlo
Oro
Hiro
Tomás
Carlos
골드 Gold
수호 Suho
인철 Incheol
강산 Gangsan
Silver シルバー Silver
カモン Kamon
トオル Tōru
マサオ Masao
Silver
Kamon
Oscar
Max
Silver
Daniel
Pierre
Paul
Silber
Thomas
Oscar
Hans
Argento
Luca
Paolo
Max
Plata
Kamon
Óscar
Max
실버 Silver
청운 Cheong'un
지겸 Jigyeom
찬호 Chanho
Crystal クリス Chris
ヨウスケ Yōsuke
タケヒロ Takehiro
タカオ Takao
Kris
Mat
Allan
Jon
Chris
Benji
Nicolas
Jean
Chris
Arnold
Gert
Jon
Chris
Sergio
Giacomo
Manuele
Chris
Antonio
Álex
Emilio
HeartGold
SoulSilver
ハート HeartHG
ソウル SoulSS
サトシ Satoshi
ケン Ken
カケル Kakeru
ジャック Jack
ジャン Jean
ジョン John
カモン Kamon
タカシ Takashi
テツオ Tetsuo
トオル Tōru
ヒロキ Hiroki
マサオ Masao
タカオ Takao
タケヒロ Takehiro
トウゴ Tōgo
ヒトシ Hitoshi
ヨシナオ Yoshinao
HeartHG
SoulSS
Ash
Nic
Dion
Duncan
Jude
Ross
ShaeHG / SheaSS
Darrell
Terell
Kris
Brad
Dwight
Talon
Lonny
Jess
Eric
Chase
Heart
Soul
Dilan
Gurvan
Gabriel
Allane
Zack
Marc
Loris
Max
Damien
Tom
Greg
Kamel
Franck
Ralph
Seb
Daniel
Thomas
HeartHG
SoulSS
Karsten
Gerd
Hans
Jack
Jan
John
Daniel
Helge
Uhland
Tobit
Ugo
Berno
Jon
Rafik
Boris
Thomas
Silvio
HeartHG
SoulSS
Ash
Nico
Elmo
Mattia
Silvano
Rossano
Kamon
Karl
Gabry
Oscar
Dino
Daniel
Manuele
Ralph
Lucio
Paolo
Marco
HeartHG
SoulSS
Ash
Llamin
Casio
Job
Chechu
Juande
Javi
Ral
Marino
Toilo
Nahum
Max
Morel
Ralph
Russ
Erminio
Quinn
하트 HeartHG
소울 SoulSS
지우 Jiu
Ken
호진 Hojin
상우 Sang'u
Jyang
재범 Jaebeom
청운 Cheong'un
강산 Gangsan
인철 Incheol
지겸 Jigyeom
숙호 Sukho
찬호 Chanho
지훈 Jihun
윤호 Yunho
케이 Kay
다인 Dain
상현 Sanghyeon


Counterparts

In the anime

Jimmy, Ethan's first anime counterpart

Main series

Main article: Jimmy (Johto)

Jimmy, the main protagonist of The Legend of Thunder!, is the first anime counterpart of Ethan, and seems to be based on him in the most basic sense, much more than Ash was based on his game counterpart, Red. Jimmy follows Ethan's design from Pokémon Gold and Silver. Much like Ethan, Jimmy is from New Bark Town and receives a starter from Professor Elm. He also encounters the counterparts of Silver and Kris on his journey.

Ethan's second counterpart has a cameo appearance at the beginning of Zoroark: Master of Illusions, where he had a battle against Ash. This counterpart follows Ethan's updated design from Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver. It has been argued that this is Jimmy in an updated look, rather than a different counterpart, but this counterpart is identified as "Hibiki" (Ethan's Japanese name) in the Japanese DVD of the movie.

Pokémon

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

Donphan
Ethan's Donphan

Ethan used Donphan in a battle against Ash at the beginning of the thirteenth movie. During the battle, it fought Pikachu. It was not shown who won the battle.

Donphan's only known move is Rollout.

Pokémon Generations

Ethan made two brief appearances in The Lake of Rage. First, he and Lance infiltrated the Team Rocket HQ separately. He then communicated with Lance through his Pokégear about updates on their mission, and acted as a decoy for Lance's attacks.

Much like the other player characters depicted in Pokémon Generations, Ethan doesn't have any lines of dialogue.

GOTCHA!

Ethan briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.

Pokémon Evolutions

Ethan briefly appeared in The Show, where he was seen in Ecruteak City.

In the manga

Ethan, like most player characters, also has several counterparts in the various Pokémon manga series.

Pokémon Adventures

Ethan's Pokémon Adventures counterpart, Gold
Main article: Gold (Adventures)

Gold from Pokémon Adventures is based on Ethan.

Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys

Main article: Gold (Golden Boys)

Gold from Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys is based on Ethan.

Pokémon HeartGold SoulSilver: Pokédex Completion Comic

Main article: Soul (PCC)

Soul from Pokémon HeartGold SoulSilver: Pokédex Completion Comic is based on Ethan.

Pocket Monsters HeartGold & SoulSilver Go! Go! Pokéathlon

Main article: Takashi

Takashi from Pocket Monsters HeartGold & SoulSilver Go! Go! Pokéathlon is based on Ethan.

Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure

Main article:

Jō from Pocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure is based on Ethan.

Pokémon Pocket Monsters

Main article: Gold (Pocket Monsters)

Gold from Pokémon Pocket Monsters is based on Ethan.

Trivia

Ken Sugimori's design for the anime.

Names

  • The Trainer's Guide released with each Generation II core series game tells a short story about the start of Ethan (or Kris in Pokémon Crystal)'s adventure as seen in the games. However, he has a different name in each game:
    • His name is Gold (Japanese: ゴールド Gold) in the manual of Pokémon Gold.
    • His name is Silver (Japanese: シルバー Silver) in the manual of Pokémon Silver.
    • The name Kris (Japanese: クリス Kris) is equally used for both the male and the female player characters in the Japanese manual of Pokémon Crystal. However, this name is not mentioned in the English version of that manual.
  • Before he received an official name in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, most fans called him Gold (Japanese: ゴールド Gold).
Language Name Origin
Japanese ヒビキ Hibiki From 響き hibiki (echo; sound)
English Ethan Biblically, Ethan/Eitan is believed to be the author of Psalm 89 and/or a harp or cymbal player in King David's court.
German Klarin From Klarinette (clarinet)
Spanish Eco From eco (echo)
French Luth From luth (lute)
Italian Armonio From armonia (harmony) or armonio (harmonium)
Korean 심향 Simhyang From 심 (心) sim (heart) and 향 (響) hyang (echo)
Chinese (Mandarin) 阿響 Ā Xiǎng From 響 xiǎng / héung (echo; sound)
Chinese (Cantonese) 阿響 A Héung


References


Player characters
Core series RedLeafEthanKrisLyraBrendanMayLucasDawn
HilbertHildaNateRosaCalemSerenaElioSelene
ChaseElaineVictorGloriaReiAkariFlorianJuliana
Side series WesMichaelNateCyndy
Spin-off games MarkMintTodd SnapLucy Fleetfoot
LunickSolanaKellynKateBenSummer
HeroHeroineTim GoodmanScottieBettie


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Old manPrimoProfessor OakDudeEthan/LyraWallyLucas/DawnProfessor Juniper
BiancaCalem/SerenaProfessor KukuiLeonProfessor LaventonNemona
Non-player characters in the core series games
Johto Professor ElmProfessor OakMomEthanLyraSilverMr. PokémonEusineLanceRedKiyoBaobaMagnusEarlKurtCarrieDude
MaryBuenaRadio DirectorHaircut brothersWebsterMasterLiWilmaPrimoMaximoJetCaitlinCynthiaCameronMr. GameFelicityTeala
Team RocketGym guideGym LeadersFrontier BrainsKimono GirlsWeek SiblingsName RaterPoké SeerDay-Care CoupleProfessor's aides


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