Blue (game)

For the character from the Pokémon Special manga who is known as Blue in official English translations, see Green (Special). For the Japanese video game titled "Pokémon Blue Version," see Pokémon Blue Version (Japanese).

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Blue グリーン Green
[[File:|{{{size}}}]] Art from Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen
Gender	Male
Eye color	Brown
Hair color	Brown
Hometown	Pallet Town
Region	Kanto
Relatives	Professor Oak, Daisy
Trainer class	Gym Leader, former Champion, Rival
Generation	I, II, III, IV
Games	Red, Blue, Yellow, Gold, Silver, Crystal, FireRed, LeafGreen, HeartGold and SoulSilver, Stadium, Stadium 2
Leader of	Viridian Gym
Badge	Earth Badge
Anime counterpart	Gary Oak
Counterpart debut	EP001

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Blue from Generation I

Blue (Japanese: グリーン Green), is the grandson of Professor Oak and is the main character's rival in the Generation I games as well as their Generation III remakes, Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen. Blue becomes the Pokémon Champion but is quickly defeated by Red/Leaf, the player's character. In the Generation II games, Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal, as well as their Generation IV remakes, Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, he becomes the somber Gym Leader of Viridian City's Gym, notable for being the only Gym Leader in the games to not focus on one specific type. He hands out the Earth Badge to Trainers who defeat him. In HeartGold and SoulSilver, he also hands out TM92 (Trick Room). He often goes out of Viridian City, which causes problems for challenging Trainers, as he's rarely found in his Gym.

Blue is differentiated from Red/Leaf by Professor Oak's notion at the end of the Generation I games and Generation III remakes that Red/Leaf cares for Pokémon better than Blue does. This is also evident as Blue leaves the Silph Co. building while it's still under Team Rocket's control, leaving Red/Leaf to take out Giovanni.

He is known for being cocky and arrogant whenever the player's character encounters him; after losing, his typical way to bid goodbye is "Smell ya later!"

Pokémon

Pokémon Red, Blue, and Green

For Blue's Pokémon in Red, Blue, and Green, see Blue (game)/Red, Green and Blue.

Pokémon Yellow

For Blue's Pokémon in Yellow, see Blue (game)/Yellow.

Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal

In Gold, Silver, and Crystal, Blue is the sixteenth (and final) Gym Leader. He is the eighth Gym Leader in Kanto, replacing Giovanni. He is the only Gym Leader to not use a specific type. It's also interesting to note that his team is comprised of the Pokémon he used in Red and Blue, minus the starter.

File:Blue 02.png [[Leader (Trainer class)|Leader]] Blue [[Viridian Gym|Viridian Gym]] Gold, Silver, and Crystal [[Leader (Trainer class)|Leader]] and Professor Blue Oak [[Viridian Gym|Viridian Gym]] Gold, Silver, and Crystal Reward: $5800

Types: Normal Flying Held item: None Pidgeot♂ Lv.56 Quick Attack Normal   --       Whirlwind Normal   --       Wing Attack Flying   --       Mirror Move Flying   --       Types: Ground Rock Held item: None Rhydon♂ Lv.56 Fury Attack Normal   --       Sandstorm Rock   --       Rock Slide Rock   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Types: Psychic Unknown Held item: None Alakazam♂ Lv.54 Disable Normal   --       Recover Normal   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Reflect Psychic   --       Types: Water Flying Held item: None Gyarados♂ Lv.58 Twister Dragon   --       Hydro Pump Water   --       Rain Dance Water   --       Hyper Beam Normal   --       Types: Grass Psychic Held item: None Exeggutor♂ Lv.58 Sunny Day Fire   --       Leech Seed Grass   --       Egg Bomb Normal   --       SolarBeam Grass   --       Types: Fire Unknown Held item: None Arcanine♂ Lv.58 Roar Normal   --       Swift Normal   --       Flamethrower Fire   --       ExtremeSpeed Normal   --

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

For Blue's Pokémon in the Generation III games, see Blue (game)/FireRed and LeafGreen.

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

First battle

File:BlueHGSS.gif [[Leader (Trainer class)|Leader]] Blue [[Viridian Gym|Viridian Gym]] HeartGold and SoulSilver [[Leader (Trainer class)|Leader]] and Professor Blue Oak [[Viridian Gym|Viridian Gym]] HeartGold and SoulSilver Reward: $19200

Types: Normal Flying Ability: Unknown Held item: Sitrus Berry Pidgeot♂ Lv.60 Whirlwind Normal Status   --       Mirror Move Flying Status   --       Return Normal Physical   --       Air Slash Flying Special   --       Types: Ground Rock Ability: Unknown Held item: None Rhydon♂ Lv.58 Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Megahorn Bug Physical   --       Unknown Unknown   --       Types: Fighting Unknown Ability: Unknown Held item: None Machamp♂ Lv.56 ThunderPunch Electric Physical   --       DynamicPunch Fighting Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Unknown Unknown   --       Types: Water Flying Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Gyarados♂ Lv.52 Waterfall Water Physical   --       Ice Fang Ice Physical   --       Dragon Dance Dragon Status   --       Return Normal Physical   --       Types: Grass Psychic Ability: Chlorophyll Held item: None Exeggutor♂ Lv.55 Psychic Psychic Special   --       Hypnosis Psychic Status   --       Leaf Storm Grass Special   --       Trick Room Psychic Status   --       Types: Fire Unknown Ability: Intimidate Held item: None Arcanine♂ Lv.58 ExtremeSpeed Normal Physical   --       Flare Blitz Fire Physical   --       Unknown Unknown   --       Unknown Unknown   --

Second battle (rematch)

File:BlueHGSS.gif [[Leader (Trainer class)|Leader]] Blue [[Fighting Dojo|Fighting Dojo]] HeartGold and SoulSilver [[Leader (Trainer class)|Leader]] and Professor Blue Oak [[Fighting Dojo|Fighting Dojo]] HeartGold and SoulSilver Reward: $11520

Types: Normal Flying Ability: Unknown Held item: Sitrus Berry Pidgeot♂ Lv.72 Double Team Normal Status   --       Unknown Unknown   --       Unknown Unknown   --       Unknown Unknown   --       Types: Ground Rock Ability: Unknown Held item: None Rhyperior♂ Lv.70 Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Unknown Unknown   --       Unknown Unknown   --       Unknown Unknown   --       Types: Fighting Unknown Ability: Unknown Held item: None Machamp♂ Lv.69 Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Unknown Unknown   --       Unknown Unknown   --       Unknown Unknown   --       Types: Rock Dark Ability: Sand Stream Held item: None Tyranitar♂ Lv.70 Unknown Unknown   --       Unknown Unknown   --       Unknown Unknown   --       Unknown Unknown   --       Types: Grass Psychic Ability: Chlorophyll Held item: None Exeggutor♂ Lv.67 Unknown Unknown   --       Unknown Unknown   --       Unknown Unknown   --       Unknown Unknown   --       Types: Fire Unknown Ability: Unknown Held item: None Arcanine♂ Lv.68 Flare Blitz Fire Physical   --       Thunder Fang Electric Physical   --       Unknown Unknown   --       Unknown Unknown   --

Pokémon Stadium games

For Blue's Pokémon in Pokémon Stadium and Pokémon Stadium 2, see Blue (game)/Stadium series.

Quotes

File:RBBlue.png	File:RB Rival2.png	File:RBChamp.PNG
Blue's first Sprite from Generation I	Blue's second sprite from Generation I	Blue's Champion sprite from Generation I
File:Y Blue.png	File:Y Blue2.png	File:YellowChampionBlue.png
Blue's first Sprite from Pokémon Yellow	Blue's second sprite from Pokémon Yellow	Blue's Champion sprite from Pokémon Yellow
File:Blue1.png	File:Blue2.png	File:FL Blue.png
Blue's first Sprite from Generation III	Blue's second sprite from Generation III	Blue's Champion sprite from Generation III
File:Blue 02.png	File:BlueHGSS.gif
Blue's Gym Leader sprite from Generation II	Blue's Gym Leader sprite from Generation IV	Blue's VS sprite from Generation IV

Pokémon Red, Blue and Yellow

Before the Champion battle: Hey! I was looking forward to seeing you, [Player]! My rival should be strong to keep me sharp! While working on my Pokédex, I looked all over for powerful Pokémon! Not only that, I assembled teams that would beat any Pokémon type! And now! I am the Pokémon League Champion! [Player]! Do you know what that means? I'll tell you! I am the most powerful Trainer in the world!

After being defeated: NO! That can't be! You beat my best! After all that work to become LEAGUE champ? My reign is over already? It's not fair! Why? Why did I lose? I never made any mistakes raising my Pokémon... Darn it! You're the new Pokémon League Champion! Although I don't like to admit it.

Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal

Yo! Finally got here, huh? I wasn't in the mood at Cinnabar, but now I'm ready to battle you. ... You're telling me you conquered all the Gyms in Johto? Heh! Johto's Gyms must be pretty pathetic then. Hey, don't worry about it. I'll know if you are good or not by battling you right now. Ready, Johto Champ?

What? How the heck did I lose to you? ... Tch, all right... Here, take this -- it's Earth Badge.

... All right, I was wrong. You're the real deal. You are a good Trainer. But I'm going to beat you someday. Don't you forget it!

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

Before the Champion battle: Hey! I was looking forward to seeing you, [Player]! My rival should be strong to keep me sharp! While working on my Pokédex, I looked all over for Pokémon! Not only that, I assembled teams that would beat any Pokémon type! And now... I am the Pokémon League Champion! [Player]! Do you know what that means? I'll tell you! I am the most powerful Trainer in the world!

After being defeated: NO! That can't be! You beat me at my best! After all that work to become LEAGUE champ? My reign is over already? It's not fair! Why? Why did I lose? I never made any mistakes raising my Pokémon... Darn it! You're the new Pokémon League Champion! Although I don't like to admit it.

Trivia

• Gary Oak from the anime was designed after Blue. Furthermore, Gary's name comes from one of the optional names for Blue. Despite this, they are not the same character, not even in Pokémon Yellow.
• Blue is the only Champion who is the player's rival, as well as the only Champion who does not induct the player character into the Hall of Fame (Prof. Oak does it instead).
• He is the only League Champion thus far who changes his party after the player gets the National Dex.
• Blue is the only Champion to date who can battle with an Electric Pokémon.
• Blue is the only rival whose starter can be weak to the player's starter (his Vaporeon in Pokémon Yellow).
• His team as Gym Leader from Generation II is based on his team as Champion from Generation I without his starter Pokémon (instead taking whichever Pokémon it takes the place of in his other teams).
  • Blue's team as a Gym Leader in Generation IV differs from his team in Generation III, however, with the inclusion of Machamp over Alakazam, which he never used in any generation prior to Generation IV.
• Blue is the single character with the most sprites in-battle, having ten total, due to his sprite changing as the player progresses through the game. In Generation III, he also has a sprite not used in-battle, but at the beginning of the game, and in Generation IV both his battle and VS sprites, giving him a total of 13.
• Blue is one of only two NPCs who has been both a Gym Leader and a Champion. The other is Wallace (though Wallace was a Gym Leader before becoming Champion, and Blue does the reverse). Both of them were the eighth Gym Leader and Champion of a region introduced in an odd-numbered generation.
• All Japanese games that feature Blue as the rival has at least one of his default names derived from key people in the Pokémon franchise.
• When fighting Blue for the final time in Generation I, there is a glitch that automatically turns on the battle animations.
• Some fans assume from Lance's words that, Blue was the very first person to ever defeat the Elite Four.
• When rematching Blue, he replaces two of his Pokémon with a Tyranitar and a Fighting-type Pokémon. In FireRed/LeafGreen, he replaced his Pidgeot and Rhydon with Tyranitar and Heracross. In HeartGold/SoulSilver, he replaced his Gyarados and Alakazam with Tyranitar and Machamp.

In other languages

• French: Blue
• German: Blau
• Italian: Blu
• Spanish: Azul
• Korean: 그린 Geurin, Hangul phonetic of Green

Optional names for Blue

Language	Red	Green	Blue	Yellow	FireRed	LeafGreen
English	Blue Gary John		Red Ash Jack	Blue Gary John	Green Gary Kaz Toru	Red Ash Kene Geki
Japanese	グリーン Green シゲル Shigeru ジョン John	レッド Red サトシ Satoshi ジャック Jack	レッド Red グリーン Green ヒロシ Hiroshi	ブルー Blue シゲル Shigeru ジョン John	グリーン Green シゲル Shigeru ツネカズ Tsunekaz サトル Satoru	レッド Red サトシ Satoshi ケン Ken シゲキ Shigeki
German	Blau Gary John				Grün Gary Hugo Michael	Rot Sven Gerd Hans
Spanish	Azul Gary Juan				Verte Bosco Floren Silvio	Joro Furio Llamín Candel
French	Blue Régis Jean				Red Danny Gurvan Gontran	Green
Italian	Blu Gary Pippo

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