Blue (Pokémon)

Template:Pokémoncharacterinfobox Blue, known as Green (グリーン, Midori) in the Japanese versions, is a name used to refer to two related, but distinct, fictional characters in the Pokémon franchise, both of them the antagonists of the media in which they appear. The character Gary Oak in the anime is modeled after Blue.

Blue in the video games

Blue is the commonly referred to name of a major character in the various games. His is the rival of Red and the grandson of Professor Oak. His style is mixed, and he does not specialize in any type. He is a non-playable character in both the first and second generations of Pokémon games. In the Japanese video games, he is known as Shigeru.

First Generation

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Blue in Generation I

Blue is the main antagonist of Pokémon Red, Blue, Yellow, FireRed and LeafGreen. Although the player can change his name at the beginning of the game, the game will generically refer to the character as “Blue”. He serves as a repeated foil and recurring boss for the player.

As per the storyline, Blue will start out by selecting either a Charmander, Squirtle, or Bulbasaur which will always be the one with a type advantage over the Pokémon chosen by the player. He will disappear from that point his own quest to complete the Pokédex and become the Pokémon League Champion, with the intention of doing it faster than the player. He will repeatedly appear in places that the player has just arrived at and will challenge him or her to battles. A win against Blue affirms the player’s status to be sufficient at that specific point. A loss displays the player as not being ready to move on to the next stage.

Blue will successfully beat the player to every point in the game, most notably the Pokémon League, where he will have already completed the tournament and defeated the Elite Four before the player even arrives. He will then proceed to take on the player for the League Championship. If the player is successful, Blue is dethroned.

Blue’s Pokémon in Red & Blue

First Battle

• Pidgey
• His Starter (Charmander, Squirtle, or Bulbasaur)

Final Battle

• His Starter (Charizard, Blastoise, or Venusaur)
• Pidgeot
• Alakazam
• Rhydon
• Two of the following three:
  • Gyarados (if Blastoise is not his Starter)
  • Arcanine (if Charizard is not his starter)
  • Exeggutor (if Venusaur is not his starter)

Blue's Pokemon in Yellow

First Battle

• Spearow
• Eevee

Final Battle

• His Starter (Vaporeon, Jolteon, or Flareon)
• Sandslash
• Alakazam
• Exeggutor
• Two of the following three:
  • Cloyster (if he doesn't evolve Eevee into Vaporeon)
  • Magneton (if he doesn't evolve Eevee into Jolteon)
  • Ninetales (if he doesn't evolve Eevee into Flareon)

Second Generation

Blue returns in the second generation of Pokémon games in Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal. After defeating all of the Johto Gym Leaders, the player is granted access to Kanto, the setting of the original generation of Pokémon games. The player will proceed to defeat all of the Kanto Gym Leaders, but will be unable to find the leader of the Viridian City Gym as no mention of it has been made after Giovanni departed from the Gym.

After defeating all seven of the other gym leaders, the player finds Blue on the remains of Cinnabar Island, staring out into the sea. Blue speaks to the player briefly and returns to Viridian, where he is revealed to be the Gym Leader. If the player defeats Blue, he or she receives their 16th badge and Professor Oak will grant him/her access to Mt. Silver.

Blue’s Pokémon (Second Generation)

• Pidgeot
• Alakazam
• Rhydon
• Gyarados
• Arcanine
• Exeggutor

Note: This is identical to his League Champion line up as if he didn’t have any of the first generation starter Pokémon.

Blue in the manga

Blue, known as Midori in Japan, starts out in this series quite cocky and aloof. He does seem to know his limits, however, when he was younger, he was taught to fight and train by his master, Chuck, the Cianwood City Gym Leader. His training was unique, as Chuck forced him to train up his body, to be able to relate to his Pokemon better. He and Red often fight in the first couple of volumes, competing with each other on completing the Pokédex for Professor Oak (Blue’s grandfather). Blue starts out his journey with a Charmander, and continues to train it well throughout his adventure, making it the first out of the three starters to evolve.

Blue grows less cocky as the series goes on, and much more aloof and silent in the second major arc of the novel, starring Yellow. It is a common rumour that he likes Green, as he manages to fit in the phrase “pesky girl” at the end of every saga in the Japanese version. (In the translation, it’s “obnoxious girl” twice, then “noisy woman”.) Blue has a knack for training Pokémon, and has been recognized by his grandfather as the Pokemon trainer. This was acknowledged by the fact that after he became a gym leader, he trained up a whole new set of Pokemon from scratch, to levels as high as those of the other trainers, who'd had their Pokemon right from the start. (Even Pokémon that belong to other trainers, such as Red's Pokemon, he trained up to be twice the fighters they were in a very short span of time .) He helps Red and Green defeat Sabrina in the third volume, then has his final battle with Red, losing just very slightly. This causes the two to gain respect for each other.

In the Yellow Saga, Blue helps Yellow by “training” her as well, living up to his reputation as the best Pokemon Trainer. He comes back later to help with the Elite Four fight. Blue wears a cloak over his old costume (from the games) in this saga. He is very calm and skilled now.

One year later, Blue and Red compete in a contest to try and become the new Viridian City Gym Leader. Red wins, but he is forced to decline because of his wounds. Blue becomes the new Gym Leader like he was in the games. He helps out in the final battle with the Mask of Ice, then tries to hand Silver over to the police for his theft. (Gold manages to trick him out of it.)

Blue’s Pokémon

• Charizard
• Scizor
• Machamp
• Porygon2
• Golduck
• Rhydon
• Pidgeot
• Arcanine
• Exeggutor
• Ninetales

See also

• Pokémon Adventures
• Gary Oak