Saturn

Saturn サターン Saturn
[[File:File:Saturnscan.jpg|{{{size}}}]] Art from D/P
Gender	Male
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Sinnoh
Trainer class	Commander
Generation	IV
Games	Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum
Member of	Team Galactic
Rank	Commander
Anime debut	A Secret Sphere of Influence!
English voice actor	Marc Thompson
Japanese voice actor	Akemi Okamura

Saturn (Japanese: サターン Saturn) is one of Team Galactic's four Commanders in Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum Versions.

In the anime

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Saturn in the anime.

Saturn made his first appearance at the ending of A Secret Sphere of Influence!, though it was a brief appearance at the end of the episode. He, along with the other Team Galactic Grunts, commented that Jessie, James and Meowth did a lousy job at stealing the Adamant Orb for them, and framing Nando for the crime.

Saturn later reappeared in Journey to the Unown!, along with his Bronzor. He managed to steal a cube that was under the guard of the Unown of the Solaceon Ruins and brought it with him back to the Team Galactic HQ.

Saturn appeared again in Enter Galactic!, with the cube he obtained in Solaceon Ruins, which he exposed to the meteorites in Veilstone City, transforming it into the Spear Key. Later, he and a few Galactic Grunts went to go steal the meteorites, but ended up meeting Ash and his friends for the first time. He also battles Brock and his Croagunk with his own Toxicroak, but it ends in a draw, as Team Galactic retreats and fails their mission.

He appeared in Losing Its Lustrous and Double Team Turnover!, along with Cyrus, Jupiter and Mars. They stole the Lustrous Orb and the Adamant Orb from the Celestic Town Historical Research Center.

He reappeared with Cyrus, Jupiter and Charon in Saving the World From Ruins! where he was put in charge of excavation of the Spear Pillar from Mt. Coronet.

Pokémon

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

Toxicroak

Bronzor

Voice actors

• Japanese
  • 岡村明美 Akemi Okamura

• English
  • Marc Thompson

• Spanish
  • Juan Antonio García Sainz de la Maza (Spain)

• Polish
  • Artur Pontek
  • Tomasz Błasiak (one scene of DP069)

• Czech
  • Jan Maxián

In the games

Saturn is first seen leading the efforts of Team Galactic at Lake Valor near Pastoria City. He battles the player inside Azelf's cave and reveals that Mars is at Lake Verity.

After the events at the Spear Pillar (which Saturn was not present for), he can be found in the Galactic Veilstone Building, contemplating what direction to take Team Galactic in after Cyrus has disappeared; he was apparently never aware of Cyrus's grander plot. However, he learned that "extremism is never the solution".

In the manga

Pokémon Special

Saturn's role in Team Galactic is to raise funds for their projects and he has the permission of Cyrus to use any means he feels necessary. Saturn decided to kidnap Platinum for a ransom, as she is the daughter of the wealthiest family in Sinnoh, but his attack at the Lost Tower was thwarted by her real bodyguards. Furious, Saturn told his grunts to block Route 210 and force her to visit Veilstone City so that he can have his revenge.

Pokémon

Abra

Croagunk

Pokémon DP

Saturn first appeared in the ruins of Celestic Town along with Jupiter and Cyrus. He battled Mitsumi while Hareta pursued his leader.

Just like in the games, Saturn was assigned to Lake Valor to capture Azelf. At the lake, Hareta and Saturn battled; Saturn initially had the upper hand using his Gallade but Hareta was able to turn the tide. After both his Gallade and Rhyperior were defeated, Saturn was fired from Team Galactic by Cyrus, but earned a second chance by using a Revive on Rhyperior so Cyrus's Gyarados would not lose to Hareta.

After the events at the Spear Pillar, Saturn appeared to have broken away from the newly-formed Neo Team Galactic and its leader, Charon. He reappeared at Canalave Library in an attempt to exact revenge on Hareta, but failed, and promised to attack again at the Galactic Veilstone Building.

Pokémon

Toxicroak

Bronzong

Gallade

Rhyperior

Golbat

Magmortar

Trivia

• Saturn is the only Team Galactic Commander whose Spanish name wasn't changed to correspond to a different planet; Jupiter's and Mars's names were changed to correspond to planets with names of Roman goddesses (Ceres and Venus, respectively).
  • However, Ceres is a dwarf planet, like Pluto (from which Charon's Japanese name was taken).
• Saturn is the lieutenant Commander of Team Galactic, meaning he is of a higher rank than Jupiter and Mars and his immediate superior is the Galactic Boss, Cyrus.
• Saturn is the Commander the player will battle the least in Platinum.
• Saturn is one of the few, if not only, trainers in the main series games not encountered in the Battle Frontier to have a Pokémon with a 50-50 chance of being male or female to be the opposite gender as himself.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	サターン Saturn	From Saturn.
English, German	Saturn	From Saturn.
French	Saturne	From Saturne, Saturn.
Italian, Spanish	Saturno	From Saturno, Saturn.
Korean	새턴 Saturn	From Saturn.
Chinese (Taiwan)	鎮星 Zhènxīng	An archaic term for Saturn (now called 土星).

External links

• Saturn's Profile on Pokeani (Japanese)

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