Michael

This article is about the player character. For other uses, see Michael (disambiguation).

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Michael リュウト Ryūto
Artwork from Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
Age	13-19
Gender	Male
Eye color	Green
Hair color	Red
Hometown	Unknown; resides in Pokémon HQ Lab
Region	Orre
Relatives	Jovi (little sister), Lily (mother), unnamed father (deceased)
Trainer class	Pokémon Trainer, player character
Generation	III
Games	XD: Gale of Darkness

Michael (Japanese: リュウト Ryūto) is the protagonist of Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness. Like most protagonists, his name is customizable.

Michael has a Snag Machine similar to that of Pokémon Colosseum's hero, Wes, and an Aura Reader, which makes the dark auras exuded by Shadow Pokémon visible as they were to Wes's companion, Rui. He is given these at the beginning of the game.

Storyline

Michael about to notice a Shadow Pokémon

Michael lives at Professor Krane's Pokémon lab in Orre with his mother, Lily, who works for Professor Krane, and his sister, Jovi. He is an up-and-coming Trainer ready for his own journey with his Eevee, a Pokémon entrusted to him by his late father. Traveling across Orre, he seeks to defeat the criminal organization Cipher, which is now under Grand Master Greevil's plot to wield an army of Shadow Pokémon in order to rule the world.

Not only does Michael successfully defeat all of the Cipher Peons and Admins whom he encounters, but he also snags the Shadow Pokémon in their possession. His final feat is the capture of Greevil's full-fledged team of Shadow Pokémon, including XD001. His achievement brings about the disbandment of Cipher, at least under Greevil and Eldes's leadership.

During the game, Michael's father is mentioned multiple times as a distinguished public figure, but he is in fact deceased. This makes Michael similar to May and Brendan, one of whose father is a Gym Leader and the other a Pokémon Professor, but also to other player characters whose fathers are not present.

While Michael's adventures in Orre take place during Generation III, he encounters two Generation IV Pokémon, Munchlax and Bonsly, with Bonsly being used in Battle Bingo and Munchlax appearing outside of battle.

Pokémon

	Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Run Away Held item: None
Eevee♂/♀ Lv.10
Tackle Normal   --       Tail Whip Normal   --       Bite Dark   --       Sand-Attack Ground   --

Gallery

Artwork

Alternate art from Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness

Optional names

Japanese	English	French	German	Italian	Spanish
リュウト Ryūto ジェイミー Jamie レツ Retsu	MICHAEL DAVID ADAM	FLORENT THEO VINCENT	MICHAEL DAVID ADAM	MICHELE DAVIDE MARCO	MAURO TEO ORIOL

Trivia

• When snagging a Shadow Pokémon, Michael uses his left hand to throw a Snag Ball. However, when attempting to capture a wild Pokémon, he uses his right hand.
  • This could be due to the fact that the Snag Machine is on his left arm, and is not necessary for capturing wild Pokémon.
• The Strategy Memo's size comparison suggests that Michael is about 4'07" (1.4 m).
• During the development of Pokémon XD, Michael was going to have a Vaporeon and Jolteon as his first Pokémon instead.
• In the demo of Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness; Michael has Gardevoir and Parasect on his team, both at level 40.

In other languages

Language Title European French Florent German Michael Italian Michele European Spanish Mauro

Related articles

Player characters
Core series Red • Leaf • Ethan • Kris • Lyra • Brendan • May • Lucas • Dawn Hilbert • Hilda • Nate • Rosa • Calem • Serena • Elio • Selene Chase • Elaine • Victor • Gloria • Rei • Akari • Florian • Juliana Side series Wes • Michael • Nate • Cyndy Spin-off games Mark • Mint • Todd Snap • Lucy Fleetfoot Lunick • Solana • Kellyn • Kate • Ben • Summer Hero • Heroine • Tim Goodman • Scottie • Bettie

This game character article is part of Project CharacterDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in the Pokémon games.