Burglar (Trainer class)

Burglar かじばどろぼう Post-Fire Burglar
VS model of Burglar from Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
Other names	かじばドロボウ Post-Fire Burglar (Generation II) どろぼう Burglar (Generation III)
Introduced in	Generation I
Appears in	Red, Blue, and Yellow Gold, Silver, and Crystal FireRed and LeafGreen HeartGold and SoulSilver Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! Stadium, Stadium 2
Gender	Male
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Anime debut	The Case of the K-9 Caper! (Series)
TCG debut	[[(TCG)|]]
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Manga debut	Punching Poliwrath (Adventures)

A Burglar (Japanese: かじばどろぼう Post-Fire Burglar in Generations I, IV, and VII, かじばドロボウ Post-Fire Burglar in Generation II, どろぼう Burglar in Generation III and as the shortened name in Generation I) is a type of Pokémon Trainer that debuted in the Generation I games. They are generally depicted as suspicious men sneaking around with sacks thrown over their backs. In Generation I, they are only found on Cinnabar Island. Those in the burned-down Pokémon Mansion only challenge the player if they are talked to directly, not when they see the player. If defeated, they will sometimes drop an item as they flee. Burglars tend to give out large amounts of prize money.

They specialize in Fire-type Pokémon. They also use Koffing, which may be used as a quick escape method, similar to that of the anime's original series. In Pokémon Stadium 2, they specialize in using the move Thief.

In Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, Burglars battled outside of Gyms will award three Poké Balls along with prize money upon being defeated.

Gallery

Sprites and models

In the core series

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Sprite from Red and Blue	Sprite from Yellow	Prototype sprite from Spaceworld '97 demo	Sprite from Generation II	Sprite from FireRed and LeafGreen	Sprite from HeartGold and SoulSilver	VS model from Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
Overworld sprite from Generation I			Overworld sprite from Generation II	Overworld sprite from FireRed and LeafGreen	Overworld sprite from HeartGold and SoulSilver

In other games

Portrait from Stadium	Portrait from Stadium 2

Trainer list

Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
Burglar	Initial battle	$3060	Lv.34	Lv.34	-------	-------	-------	-------
Burglar	Initial battle	$3420	Lv.38	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Burglar	Initial battle	$3060	Lv.34	Lv.34	-------	-------	-------	-------
Burglar	Initial battle	$3240	Lv.36	Lv.36	Lv.36	-------	-------	-------
Burglar	Initial battle	$3690	Lv.41	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Burglar	Initial battle	$3330	Lv.37	Lv.37	-------	-------	-------	-------

Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
Burglar Corey*	Initial battle	$2640	Lv.25	Lv.28	Lv.25	Lv.30	-------	-------
Burglar Duncan	Initial battle	$2024	Lv.23	Lv.25	Lv.23	-------	-------	-------
Burglar Eddie	Initial battle	$2112	Lv.26	Lv.24	-------	-------	-------	-------

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
Burglar Arnie	Initial battle	$2992	Lv.34	Lv.34	-------	-------	-------	-------
Burglar Dusty	Initial battle	$3256	Lv.37	Lv.37	-------	-------	-------	-------
Burglar JacINTL	Initial battle	N/A	Lv.1-100	Lv.1-100	-------	-------	-------	-------
Burglar Lewis	Initial battle	$2992	Lv.34	Lv.34	-------	-------	-------	-------
Burglar Quinn	Initial battle	$3168	Lv.36	Lv.36	Lv.36	-------	-------	-------
Burglar Ramon	Initial battle	$3608	Lv.41	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Burglar Simon	Initial battle	$3344	Lv.38	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
Burglar Corey*	Initial battle	$608	Lv.33	Lv.36	Lv.33	Lv.38	-------	-------
Burglar Duncan	Initial battle	$368	Lv.23	Lv.23	Lv.25	-------	-------	-------
Burglar Orson	Initial battle	$384	Lv.26	Lv.24	-------	-------	-------	-------

Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
Burglar Arnie	Initial battle	$3,520 3 Poké Balls	Lv.44	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Burglar Dusty	Initial battle	$3,520	Lv.44	Lv.44	-------	-------	-------	-------
Burglar Lewis	Initial battle	$3,520 3 Poké Balls	Lv.44	Lv.44	Lv.44	Lv.44	-------	-------
Burglar Quinn	Initial battle	$3,520	Lv.44	-------	-------	-------	-------	-------
Burglar Simon	Initial battle	$3,520 3 Poké Balls	Lv.44	Lv.44	-------	-------	-------	-------

Pokémon Stadium

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
Burglar	Initial battle	$	Lv.16	Lv.16	Lv.15	Lv.17	Lv.16	Lv.15
	Second battle	$	Lv.18	Lv.17	Lv.15	Lv.15	Lv.18	Lv.17
Burglar	Initial battle	$	Lv.50-100	Lv.50-100	Lv.50-100	Lv.50-100	Lv.50-100	Lv.50-100
	Second battle	$	Lv.50-100	Lv.50-100	Lv.50-100	Lv.50-100	Lv.50-100	Lv.50-100

Pokémon Stadium 2

Trainer name	Battle	Winnings	Pokémon
Burglar Jensen	Initial battle	$	Lv.50	Lv.53	Lv.52	Lv.53	Lv.50	Lv.52
	Second battle	$	Lv.51	Lv.51	Lv.52	Lv.52	Lv.52	Lv.52
Burglar Jensen	Initial battle	$	Lv.50	Lv.50	Lv.50	Lv.55	Lv.50	Lv.55
	Second battle	$	Lv.51	Lv.50	Lv.53	Lv.51	Lv.51	Lv.53

In the anime

A police officer dressed as a Burglar in the anime

In The Case of the K-9 Caper!, a police officer was dressed as a Burglar for a training exercise of Officer Jenny's Growlithe.

In the manga

A Burglar in Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon Adventures

Yellow arc

In a flashback in Punching Poliwrath, a Burglar wanted to challenge Red to a battle after his win at the Indigo League, but he was considered to be a "boring" match.

Trivia

• The Chinese name for the Burglar contains a Chengyu (成语 Chéngyǔ), a set phrase of historical origin that acts as an idiom or proverb. In this case 趁火打劫 (Chènhuǒ Dǎjié) literally says "to loot a burning house", but figuratively means to take advantage of another's misfortune. 者 is used to assign it to a person.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 趁火打劫者 Chanfó Dágipjé Mandarin 趁火打劫者 Chènhuǒ Dǎjiézhě French Pillard German Dieb Italian Scassinatore Korean 불난집 전문털이범 Bulnanjip Jeonmunteol-ibeom Portuguese Ladrão Spanish Ladrón

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