Eusine
| Eusine ミナキ Minaki | |
[[File: |{{{size}}}]]Eusine artwork from Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver | |
| Age | 20 (est. by Pokeani) |
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| Gender | Male |
| Eye color | Blue |
| Hair color | Light brown |
| Hometown | Celadon City |
| Region | Kanto |
| Trainer class | Mysticalman |
| Generation | II, IV |
| Games | Crystal, HeartGold, SoulSilver |
| Anime debut | For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll |
| English voice actor | Ed Paul Dan Green (The Legend of Thunder!) |
| Japanese voice actor | Shinji Kawada |
Eusine (Japanese: ミナキ Minaki; Eugene in The Legend of Thunder!) is a researcher and expert in the legendary beasts. For years he has chased Suicune, the embodiment of the North Wind, but to no avail. He is the only character in the games to have the Trainer class Mysticalman (Japanese: なぞのせいねん Mysterious Man).
In the games
Eusine appears in Pokémon Crystal. He is first seen researching the Burned Tower, together with Morty. Later, he battles the player in Cianwood City, just north of the Pokémon Seer, after seeing Suicune escaping from the town, hoping that by battling the player he will earn Suicune's respect as a trainer. After Suicune has been captured, he returns to his hometown, Celadon City, and can be found in Celadon Pokémon Center waiting for the player to catch all three legendary beasts.
Eusine also appears in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, in which his storyline from Crystal is expanded. It is revealed in this game that he used to be a Gym Leader.
Pokémon
Pokémon Crystal
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Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver
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In the anime
In the anime, Eusine is voiced by 川田紳司 Shinji Kawada in Japanese and Ed Paul (initial appearance) and Dan Green (The Legend of Thunder!) in English.
In the anime episode For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll, he comes off as a proud and arrogant person with a slight superiority complex and exhibits a near-religious fervor for Suicune, challenging Ash for daring to say that he'd met the legendary beast. This may just be a form of jealousy on his part, for Ash had also seen Ho-Oh as well, while he has yet to encounter any himself. In the same episode, when he finally saw Suicune, he tried to capture it partially for ego gratification, ironically making him no better than the people who he's mentioned are unworthy for it. This is somewhat interesting compared to his appearance in The Legend of Thunder! when he mentions Suicune only once, and then only in reference to the other beasts.
In The Legend of Thunder!, he assists Jimmy, Marina, and Vincent in their battle against Attila and Hun. Marina falls for him because he wears a cape.
He is apparently very close friends with Morty, who is also an expert on the Ecruteak legends. Morty acts as Eusine's voice of reason, trying to convince him to calm down and ease up, but to no avail. When Eusine leaves suddenly at the end of the episode, Morty's lack of surprise indicates that this has happened before.
Pokémon
 Alakazam |
In the manga
In the Pokémon Special manga
In Pokémon Special he is quite the showoff, performing flashy magic tricks and even giving out autographed pictures of himself. He flies around on a Jumpluff. He seems to be a close friend of Morty's, as the Gym Leader is helping him in the hunt for Suicune.
Pokémon
 Jumpluff |
 Haunter |
 Electrode |
In the Golden Boys manga
Eusine is first seen coming to Cianwood Gym and trying to retrieve a Pikachu from Gold. It turns out that this Pikachu was actually a messenger sent from future by Eusine and Bill to guide the present Eusine to legendary Pokémon using a special learning device attached to it. Gold wanted to battle with Eusine for that Pikachu, but Chuck, the leader of Cianwood Gym told them to battle next day. Gold and his Croconaw beat Eusine's Hypno and Gold won the battle, so Pikachu could stay with him. This caused Eusine to search for legendary Pokémon alone. Later, Black unsealed the Black Tyranitar, Cianwood's legendary Pokémon who used to wreak havoc in the Johto region. Eusine was one of the people who helped Gold fighting the Black Tyranitar.
Pokémon
 Hypno |
Haunter |
Electrode |
Released
 Pikachu |
Eusine's Pikachu ended up in Gold's team after being sent to the past.
Trivia
- In The Legend of Thunder!, Eusine was mistakenly called "Eugene".
- The retcon of his English name in The Legend of Thunder! caused some fans to believe that "Eusine" is actually a nickname or a surname, in similar fashion to Todd Snap. However, there is no confirmation for this.
- In the Israeli dub of The Legend of Thunder! special, Eusine was correctly named, just as in the original series, because the error was caught by the director of the series dub, Maya Bar Shalom.
- In his HeartGold and SoulSilver artwork, as well as in the anime, Eusine's clothes are colored purple, while his Crystal artwork depicts him with blue clothes.
- His HeartGold and SoulSilver artwork also adds several diamond shaped patterns to his clothes, which resemble those seen on the body of Suicune.
In other languages
| Language | Name | Origin |
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| Japanese | ミナキ (Minaki) | |
| English, French, Spanish | Eusine | Similar to Suicune. |
| English (LoT-only) | Eugene | Corruption of "Eusine" |
| German | Eusin | Corruption of "Eusine" |
| Italian | Eugenius | Apparently a corruption of "Eugene" |
| Korean | 미나키 (Minaki) | Hangulization of his Japanese name. |
| Chinese (Taiwan) | 南其 Nánqí | |
| Chinese (PRC) | 米那君 Mǐnàjūn | The first two characters are phonetic translation of his Japanese name, while the third one comes from Suicune's Chinese name, 水君. |
| Chinese (Hong Kong) | 米拿基 Mǐnájī | Pure phonetic transliteration of his Japanese name. |
External links
- Minaki's Profile on Pokeani (Japanese)
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