Blue (Adventures)
- For the female character from the Pokémon Adventures manga who is known as Blue in Japan, see Green (Adventures).
| Blue Oak オーキド・グリーン Green Ōkido | |
| [[File:File:Green Special.png|{{{size}}}|class=roundy]] Blue | |
| Age | 16 (as of the fifth chapter) |
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| Gender | Male |
| Hometown | Pallet Town |
| Region | Kanto |
| Relatives | Daisy Oak, Professor Oak |
| Trainer class | Trainer, Gym Leader |
| Leader of | Viridian Gym |
| Badge | Earth Badge |
Blue (Japanese: グリーン Green) is the second main character of the manga series Pokémon Adventures. He is the grandson of Professor Oak.
Blue debuts in the first round of the manga, A Glimpse of the Glow where he and his rival Red sees a Mew in a Pallet Town forest. His first Pokémon was a Scyther -- he is shown one when he was a child. When he was young, he trained in Johto under Chuck, the Gym Leader of Cianwood City.
Blue's special skill, as described by Professor Oak, is Pokémon training -- that is, leveling them up and making them strong, and as such is referred to as the "Trainer" (Japanese: 育てる者 Trainer).
Blue has a serious, calm, and focused personality in everything he does. Although Red and Blue were once bothered by each other because their personalities are so opposite, they ended up resolving their differences.
Blue and his Scyther were trained by Chuck of Cianwood City when he was a child. Thus, Blue has some cursory knowledge of martial arts, and his Scyther knew Generation II techniques.
Blue also has a rivalry with Koga of Team Rocket. This began when Blue almost killed Koga's Arbok by having his Charmeleon cut it in two, and continued on throughout the series until Koga's reclusion.
Character history
Red, Green & Blue arc
Blue was first seen by Red when he was battling a Mew with his Charmander, only to recall it after he thought it was too strong for him. This angered Red to a point that he decided to challenge Mew himself, only to be quickly defeated. Blue then told Red that he needs to know when he's outmatched and leaves. He then encounters Green again who is attacking any Pokémon he sees to tell if they are worthy of catching, accidentally hitting Red's Poli in the process, but eventually the Pokémon he wanted to capture in the first place appeared, Kangaskhan, however it got away after Red healed the baby Kangaskhan who had been poisoned by a poison Pokémon. It is this incident where a rivalry develops between these two. He is next seen in Pewter City with intent on challenging Brock and is later seen battling him with his newly evolved Charmeleon. He then goes to the Pokémon Tower after meeting Mr. Fuji, only to be caught under the control of the Gastly, until Red defeats them and frees him. The two of them eventually runs into Koga, who has been controlling the Gastly this whole time, however Blue eventually has his Charmeleon cut Koga's Arbok in half, making Koga swear a personal vendetta against him.
During the course of their adventures, Red and Blue accidentally traded Pokémon, including his new Porygon, which the man at the front desk of the Game Corner said would be very difficult to train since he didn't catch it himself. This caused Blue's Machoke to evolve, and Blue took the opportunity to teach Red's Pokémon more exotic, varied, and useful moves. Red's training on Blue's Pokémon made them more playful and lighthearted, something that greatly annoyed Blue.
After he unsuccessfully tries to enter Saffron City he returns to Pallet Town to tell Red about the barrier and how he believes from a picture he too depicting several Team Rocket together that Saffron City is their hideout, and Blue in turn learns that his grandfather is missing. He then tells Red that since it is his grandfather that is missing, that he is the only one to save him and wants him to back off, although Green finally convinces the two of them to work together. They get separated in Silph Co. and ends up running into Koga on 2F, who instead of allowing Blue to reach his Poké Balls, subdues him with his Muk. He tells Blue that rather than kill him on the spot, he wants to use him to get his grandfather to cooperate with them, to which he refuses. He then takes a Razor Wind to the chest and is seemingly rendered incapable of moving. When Red appears after defeating Lt. Surge Koga traps him to, having Blue reveal that he was really wearing a reflective pendant given to him by Oak and that allowed him to have his Pidgeot attack Koga before he could kill both of them. Koga then calls his Articuno and freezes the two of them, only for Koga to realize that Blue previously called out his Charizard to keep the room warm enough for them, to melt and Koga was then subsequently defeated. Green then took Koga's Soul Badge and gave it to Red. They split up after that, Red to help Green, and Blue to save his grandfather, who was trapped in the basement, which he found out using Koga's Golbat. He fins his grandpa and realizes that all of the people from Pallet Town are tied up just a floor below them. He comes back in order to help Red and Green fight Sabrina and Zapmolcuno and after Red's Saur evolves and Green's Clefairy evolves into a Clefable, they defeat Sabrina and Zapmolcuno is split.
At the Pokémon League tournament, Red's Venusaur barely defeats Blue's Charizard. This tames their rivalry as the two finally begin to respect each other, and begin to become friendly rivals.
Blue's cockiness becomes subdued as the story continues, and his personality becomes less mocking and more aloof and quiet. He is also able to rely on instinct more and constantly adapt his strategy. He often becomes flummoxed by Green's hyperactive meddling in everyone's affairs.
Yellow arc
In the Yellow Saga, Blue tutors Yellow in more intense strategies for battles. He later teams up with Koga to fight Agatha of the Elite Four.
Gold, Silver & Crystal arc
Blue takes on the role of the Viridian City Gym Leader after Red is forced to turn it down. He captures several powerful Pokémon that were enraged by the Pokémon March Radio song and assists in the final battle with the Mask of Ice.
FireRed & LeafGreen arc
Blue and Red go to Professor Oak's lab at the professor's request. They don't see the professor but find a note that tells them to return the Pokédexes. As they leave they are attacked by a mysterious Pokémon. They decide to go to the Sevii Islands. He and Red go through a series of tests given to them by Brinca to obtain the ultimate attacks, Blast Burn and Frenzy Plant. Blue teaches the legendary Template:Type2 move Blast Burn to his Charizard. After meeting up with Elite Four member, Lorelei, they split up to defend the Sevii Islands from Team Rocket. Blue fights with Oca of the Beast Warrior Trio and his Shuckles, learning that Team Rocket kidnapped his grandfather. After saving Prof. Oak, he traveled back to Kanto, and helped stop the Team Rocket airship from crashing into Vermilion City. He was turned into stone soon afterwards by an energy explosion.
He, along with the other four who were turned to stone, were shipped to the Battle Frontier in a box to be revived.
Emerald arc
For most part of this chapter, he, along with four other Pokédex-holders, remained turned into stones. It was only at nearly the end of the chapter that he and the others were liberated by Emerald with the help of the wish-granting legendary Pokémon Jirachi.
Pokémon
This listing is for Blue's Pokémon:
On hand
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In box at Viridian Gym
 Ninetales ♂ |
 Pidgeot ♂ |
 Exeggutor ♂ |
 Alakazam ♂ |
 Arcanine ♂ |
- Ninetales - Blue and Red caught this Pokémon together, but Blue succeeded in claiming it.
- Pidgeot - One of Blue's original main team members.
- Exeggutor, Alakazam, and Arcanine - Blue caught them when they were rampaging due to the radio.
Formerly owned
 →  Ivysaur → Venusaur♂ "Saur" (フッシー Fusshī) |
 Poliwrath♂ "Poli" (ニョロ Nyoro) |
 Pikachu♂ "Pika" (ピカ Pika) | |
 Lapras |
 Golbat |
 Zapdos | |
- Venusaur - Accidentally switched and returned to Red in the Red, Green, and Blue chapter. Was traded to Red in exchange for Blue's Charizard in the Trainer Tower in the FireRed LeafGreen chapter; was traded back to Red in exchange for Charizard in Vermilion City at the end of the FireRed LeafGreen chapter. Debuted and captured by Red as Bulbasaur in Bulbasaur, Come Home!.
- Poliwrath - Accidentally switched and returned to Red. Debuted and captured before A Glimpse of the Glow by Red.
- Pikachu - Accidentally switched and returned to Red. Debuted and captured by Red in Wanted: Pikachu!.
- Lapras - Caught and given to a kid.
- Golbat - Stolen from and returned to Koga.
- Zapdos - Borrowed from and returned to Green.
Status unknown
 Venomoth |
- Venomoth - Mentioned in The Secret of Kangaskhan!.
Trivia
- Blue and Green are the only main Pokémon Adventures characters whose names were changed for the English translation. This is due to the complexity of Generation I's game releases, where in Japan, Red Version was paired with Green Version (leaving Blue as the third), and in the rest of the world Red was paired with Blue (while there was no Green). This name change is present in both the VIZ Media and Chuang Yi translations. Just the same, his game counterpart is named Blue in the English translation of Generation II's games.
- A panel in the original VIZ printing of volume 3 forgets to make this change, however. When the Pokémon League scoreboard is shown, Red's rival is identified as "GREEN" and Green is identified as "BLUE". This error was still present in the "Best of Pokémon Adventures" compilation volume, but was corrected for the 2009 second edition.
- Both the Japanese and Chinese print show that Professor Oak is Blue's paternal grandfather.
- Blue is one of three Pokédex holders to have a last name, the other two are Sapphire and Platinum.
- He is also the only male Pokédex holder to have a known last name.
In other languages
| Language | Name | Reference to |
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| Japanese | グリーン Green | From Pokémon Green game. |
| English | Blue | From Pokémon Blue game. |
| French | Régis | Same as Gary's French name. |
| German | Gary | Same as anime's Gary. |
| Korean | 그린 Green | From Pokémon Green game. |
| Chinese | 小茂 Xiǎo Maò | Same as Gary's Chinese name. |
External links
- Netkun on Blue, known as Green (Japanese)
- Netkun on FR/LG Blue, known as Green (Japanese)
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