Cyrus
- If you were looking for the minorcharacter of the day fromGrin to Win!, seeCyrus (EP135).
| Cyrus アカギAkagi | |
 Artwork fromPokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl | |
| Age | 27[1] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Eye color | Blue |
| Hair color | Blue |
| Hometown | Sunyshore City |
| Region | Sinnoh |
| Relatives | Parents, grandfather |
| Trainer class | Galactic BossDPPt Team GalacticUSUM Team Galactic BossBDSP |
| Generation | IV,VII,VIII |
| Games | Diamond, Pearl,Platinum,Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon,Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl Masters EX |
| Member of | Team Galactic Team Rainbow Rocket |
| Rank | Boss(Team Galactic) |
| Game animation debut | The New World |
| English voice actor | Michael Sorich(Generations) Armen Taylor[2](Masters EX) |
| Japanese voice actor | Kenjirō Tsuda(Generations) Shunsuke Takeuchi(Masters EX) |
| Animated debut | Losing Its Lustrous! |
| English voice actor | Sean Schemmel |
| Japanese voice actor | Kenta Miyake |
Cyrus (Japanese:アカギAkagi) is the boss ofTeam Galactic. He aims to create a world without spirit for himself. He is the only character in the games to have theTrainer classesGalactic BossDPPt/Team Galactic BossBDSP (Japanese:ギンガだんボスTeam Galactic Boss) andTeam Galactic (Japanese:ギンガだんTeam Galactic).
In the core series games
As the boss of Team Galactic, Cyrus is the main antagonist of theSinnoh games, with the ultimate goal of summoningDialga and/orPalkia in order to destroy the universe so that he may start it again as its god. Born and raised inSunyshore City, he was known to be a good, albeit asocial, student, and so preferred the company of machines over humans and Pokémon. Despite being such a good student, however, he did not live up to his parents' expectations, and so felt rejected. Sometime after this, he decided emotions were the source of all strife in the world, and that only the elimination of emotions, along with spirit, could be the end of fighting in the world, which lead to his plan and actions during the storyline in Sinnoh. His grandfather, who lives onRoute 228 inPokémon Platinum, regrets not taking him in during his time of need. It is also notable that Cyrus is very persistent in order to reach his dream. After being defeated one final time by the player, he ominously hints that he will someday make his ultimate goal into a reality. In theDistortion World in Platinum, it is questionable what happened to him, as he simply walks away, deeper into the world, and is not encountered on the player's return visit.
InPokémon Diamond and Pearl andPokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, theplayer first meets Cyrus inMount Coronet, but he does not battle them, nor give his name. Later on, the two men guardingLake Valor will mention his name in passing, though Cyrus himself is not identified until he introduces himself after the player defeats aTeam Galactic Grunt and investigates the ruins inCelestic Town. He is later fully identified as the boss of Team Galactic when the player raids theTeam Galactic HQ and meets him in his office. After being defeated, he gives the player aMaster Ball, claiming he doesn't need it for what he's planning, and telling the player to free the capturedlake guardians if they so wish, as they've already served their purpose to him. At theSpear Pillar, Cyrus uses theRed Chain to summonDialgaDBD orPalkiaPSP, intending to use its divine power to create a new world, where he will be a deity. However, the lake guardians stop the creation process and destroy the Red Chain, thwarting Cyrus's plan. Flying into a rage, Cyrus battles the player one more time. After being defeated, he claims he will have revenge and disappears. His assets and duties are left toSaturn. In Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, Cyrus can be encountered and fought alongsideMars at theBattle Tower during the post-game.
InPokémon Platinum, Cyrus's role is expanded a bit, as he is first met atLake Verity near the start of the game. He is also met in front of the statue inEterna City. Unlike before, he is first battled in the ruins of Celestic Town, where he also reveals himself as the boss of Teams Galactic. At the Team Galactic HQ, the player andLooker witness Cyrus giving a speech to all of his underlings before the player meets him in his office. There, he divulges that his true intention is to create a new world solely for himself, and he is merely using Team Galactic to that end. After summoning both Dialga and Palkia at the Spear Pillar with his two Red Chains, he is taken byGiratina to the Distortion World, where he eventually battles the player one last time. After the player battles Giratina, Cyrus stays in the Distortion World, still vowing to create a world without spirit.
Analternate universe version of Cyrus appears as a member ofTeam Rainbow Rocket inPokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon. He is one of the second pair of bosses the player must face, along withLysandre. Like the other bosses, this Cyrus was summoned from a world where his plans succeeded. However, as he explains to the player, he was engulfed by a mysterious shadow during his moment of victory and transported to the game's world. At first, he appears confused about his location, asking the player if he has reached the new world. No matter what the player's response is, he senses that the player possesses a strong spirit and concludes that he has not reached his desired world. TheRotom Pokédex catches his attention, and he interacts with it, leading him to realize that even the Pokédex has a spirit in the game's world. Resolving to remove the human spirit from the world he is in and bring it to a perfect state, Cyrus challenges the player, using DialgaUS/PalkiaUM as part of his team. After losing, he realizes upon Rotom's suggestion that the source of the player's strength is their friendship with all Pokémon, and promises that he will not do anything to the game's world, deciding instead to return to the perfect world that he created. Cyrus gives the player theGalactic Key, which allows them to undo one of the locks onGiovanni's headquarters. He is later returned to his original world byColress off-screen.
Pokémon
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl
First battle
Second battle
Pokémon Platinum
First battle
Second battle
Third battle
Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon
Cyrus's Pokémon are kept inMaster Balls. His final Pokémon differs between the two versions.
Pokémon Ultra Sun
Pokémon Ultra Moon
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl
First battle
Second battle
Battle Tower
Master Class Double Battles (Rank 9)
In each team, Mars uses the first and second Pokémon on the list, and Cyrus uses the third and fourth.
In the spin-off games
Pokémon Masters EX
- Main article:Cyrus (Masters)
Cyrus forms async pair withPalkia andDarkrai inPokémon Masters EX. Cyrus became a playable sync pair on August 17, 2020.
In this game, Cyrus is from analternate universe, as he has never heard of theDistortion World despiteCynthia saying that Cyrus was defeated there. Cyrus also said that he was about to useDialga and Palkia to remake the world when he was interrupted byHoopa's ring. The whereabouts of Cyrus from this game's continuity are currently unknown.
| Dex | Trainer | NDex | Pokémon | Type | Weakness | Role | EX role | Base potential | Availability | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #100 |  | Cyrus | #0484 |  | Palkia | Dragon | Fairy |  |  | ★★★★★☆EX | Legendary Adventures New World Dilemma |
| #100 |  | Sygna Suit Cyrus | #0491 |  | Darkrai | Dark | Fairy |  |  | ★★★★★☆EX | Poké Fair Sync Pair Scout |
Gallery
Artwork
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| Official artwork from Diamond and Pearl byKen Sugimori[3] | Key art fromBrilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl | Raw artwork of the Weavile full art forCosmic Eclipse bynagimiso |
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| Concept art fromUltra Sun and Ultra Moon | ||
Sprites and models
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| Sprite from Diamond and Pearl | Sprite from Platinum | High-poly model from Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon | VS sprite from Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon | VS models from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl | ||
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| Sprite from theopening of Platinum | Overworld sprite from Diamond, Pearl, andPlatinum | Overworld model from Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon | Overworld model from Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl | |||
Quotes
- Main article:Cyrus/Quotes
In animation
Pokémon the Series
Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl
Cyrus is a rich businessman who made most of the buildings and libraries throughoutSinnoh. Using his businessman alter-ego, he frequented theCelestic Town Historical Research Center, becoming good friends withCynthia andProfessor Carolina, while he undertook research on Sinnoh mythology for his andTeam Galactic's ultimate goal, to create a new world.
Cyrus debuted inLosing Its Lustrous! andDouble Team Turnover!. He was presented as a businessman at the time, whileAsh andhis friends did not know that he was also the Team Galactic leader. Meanwhile, the remaining members of Team Galactic carried out a plan to steal theLustrous Orb from the Celestic Research Center, after having already stolen theAdamant Orb from itsEterna City police escort.
He discovered thatAsh andDawn sawAzelf andMesprit, respectively, when the two recalled their encounters with them atLake Verity andLake Valor; this apparently intrigued him.
InSaving the World From Ruins!, Cyrus was seen inTeam Galactic HQ alongsideSaturn andJupiter as well asCharon. They were coordinatingMars's mission onIron Island and using a beam launched with theSpear Key to scan energy readings from theSpear Pillar. However, the scan only reached 60% after Ash and his friends intervened. Despite the setback, Cyrus did not appear to be discouraged as the information received affirmed that Spear Pillar was somewhere onMount Coronet.
Towards the end ofUnlocking the Red Chain of Events!, Cyrus requestedJ's services in capturing the trio ofLake guardians. InThe Needs of the Three!, he watched J's mission from Team Galactic's headquarters alongsideCharon. Later, he supervised Charon's experiment to bring the captured lake guardians under their control with theRed Chain and revealed himself as Team Galactic's boss to Ash, Dawn, andBrock when they teleported into the laboratory. InThe Battle Finale of Legend!, he took control ofDialga andPalkia at Spear Pillar, and stepped into adimensional portal created by the twoLegendary Pokémon. Cyrus stepped into the portal to establish his utopian world before the portal was destroyed by the freed Dialga and Palkia.
He appeared briefly inMemories are Made of Bliss! inTeam Rocket's fantasy, along with all of the other members of Team Galactic.
Pokémon Journeys: The Series
Some time after the events ofThe Battle Finale of Legend!, Team Galactic escaped from police custody and reconstituted itself to try and rescue Cyrus from the other world by reopening the portal. InThe Arceus Chronicles (Part 1), a memorial image of Cyrus was seen on display in Team Galactic HQ as the Commanders set their plan into motion. He appeared in flashbacks in the twofollowingepisodes. Ultimately, Team Galactic managed to briefly reopen the portal but failed to rescue Cyrus, and were placed back under arrest.
Character
Cyrus is a master manipulator who comes across as affable and intelligent, though he is noticeably tense, even when in his businessman alter-ego. He became increasingly irate and stubbornly determined to achieve his goal of establishing a new world. Fixated by details, he spent extensive time and resources to ensure his plan came to fruition.Team Galactic was ultimately an enabling factor of his grand vision, and he gathered skilled individuals likeCharon and theCommanders to achieve it. His selfish ambitions and manipulative efforts were finally revealed to everyone as he stepped forward to claim control over the new world for only himself inThe Battle Finale of Legend!.
Cyrus's legacy endured long after his disappearance, as the remaining members of Team Galactic immediately reorganized themselves upon escaping from prison in order to bring him back. This legacy caused a dire threat to the Sinnoh region all by itself, even without Cyrus's direct involvement.
The depiction of Cyrus in the animated series largely omits the details of his past in the games (namely his growing up in an emotionally abusive household and that forming the basis of his desire to remake the entire world).
Pokémon
Controlled
- Main article:Lake guardians (anime)
The three Pokémon first appeared in their physical forms whenJ was tasked to capture them for Team Galactic. Using fragments of theRed Chain, Cyrus was able to gain control of the three of them and use them to call forth Dialga and Palkia on theSpear Pillar. They were later set free from their control byAsh's andhis friends' Pokémon.
Dialga, along with Palkia, was summoned by Cyrus on theSpear Pillar. They were under his control through the use of theRed Chain and were tasked by him to open a portal to anotherdimension, wanting a world of his own. After the Red Chain's destruction and Cyrus's exit, Dialga, as well as Palkia, begins to rampage, creating a danger for the entire region of Sinnoh. However, the two were calmed down and sent away with the help of Azelf, Mesprit, and Uxie.
Dialga's only known move isRoar of Time.
Palkia, along with Dialga, was summoned by Cyrus on theSpear Pillar. They were under his control through the use of theRed Chain and were tasked by him to open a portal to anotherdimension, wanting a world of his own. After the Red Chain's destruction and Cyrus's exit, Palkia, as well as Dialga, begins to rampage, creating a danger for the entire region of Sinnoh. However, the two were calmed down and sent away with the help of Azelf, Mesprit, and Uxie.
Palkia's only known move isSpacial Rend.
Voice actors
| Language | Voice actor | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 三宅健太Kenta Miyake | |
| English | Sean Schemmel | |
| Czech | Bedřich Šetena (DP096-DP097) Svatopluk Schuller (DP111) Zbyšek Pantůček (DP150-DP152) | |
| Danish | Torben Sekov | |
| Dutch | Ewout Eggink | |
| Finnish | Petrus Kähkönen | |
| European French | Daniel Nicodème (DP096-DP097) Jean-Marc Delhausse (DP111-DP152) | |
| Hebrew | גדי לויGadi Levy | |
| Indonesian | Frenddy J.H. Pangkey (DP150-DP152) | |
| Italian | Gianluca Iacono | |
| Polish | Mieczysław Morański (DP096-DP097) Karol Wróblewski (DP111,DP150-DP152) | |
| Portuguese | Brazil | Nestor Chiesse (DP096-DP097) Cláudio Satiro (DP111) Luiz Antônio Lobue (DP150-DP152) |
| Portugal | Mário Santos | |
| Spanish | Latin America | Dafnis Fernández (DP096,DP097) Rolando de Castro (DP111-DP152) |
| Spain | Gabriel Jiménez | |
Pokémon Generations
Cyrus appeared inThe New World at theSpear Pillar, where he summonedDialga andPalkia and took control of them using theRed Chain in order to make them create a new world. However, his plans were disrupted byGiratina, who freed Dialga and Palkia and dragged Cyrus into theDistortion World. After waking up, Cyrus realized that the Distortion World matched the world he sought. He then contacted a concernedSaturn, telling him to not go looking for him.
Pokémon
Controlled
| Debut | The New World |
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Dialga, along withPalkia, was summoned by Cyrus at theSpear Pillar and was put under his control with theRed Chain. Dialga then briefly facedGiratina in battle, but the Renegade Pokémon managed to destroy the Red Chain, freeing Dialga from Cyrus's control.
Dialga's only known move isRoar of Time.
| Debut | The New World |
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Palkia, along withDialga, was summoned by Cyrus at theSpear Pillar and was put under his control with theRed Chain. Palkia then briefly facedGiratina in battle, but the Renegade Pokémon managed to destroy the Red Chain, freeing Palkia from Cyrus's control.
Palkia's only known move isSpacial Rend.
Voice actors
| Language | Voice actor | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 津田健次郎Kenjirō Tsuda | |
| English | Michael Sorich | |
| Dutch | Wiebe-Pier Cnossen | |
| European Spanish | Carlos di Blasi | |
GOTCHA!
Cyrus briefly appeared as a silhouette inGOTCHA!.
Pokémon Evolutions
Cyrus briefly appeared in a flashback inThe Rival, having summonedDialga at theSpear Pillar alongsideMars andJupiter. He watched as hisCommanders battledLucas andBarry.
Pokémon
Controlled
| Debut | The Rival |
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Dialga was summoned by Cyrus at theSpear Pillar, at which point its powers were harnessed.
None of Dialga's moves are known.
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
History
Diamond & Pearl arc
Cyrus debuts inA Big Stink Over Stunky as a silhouette walking downRoute 207, where he receives a package. He is fully revealed after signing the receipt and goes toMount Coronet. WhenDiamond,Pearl, andPlatinum pass through Mount Coronet, he coldly attacks them with his newly evolved Probopass and Magnezone, trapping them underneath a pile of rubble and leaves while stating that they were disturbing sacred ground.
Cyrus later appears at the Celestic ruins where Diamond and Pearl finally meet him in person. He came to the ruins to find information of the Legendary Pokémon Uxie, Azelf, and Mesprit. He battlesCynthia's Garchomp and later, Diamond and Pearl, who had stolen the camera he used to take pictures of the paintings in the ruins. As they battle each other, Pearl has hisChatler destroy the camera that Cyrus was fighting for. With his camera destroyed and having the information he needed, Cyrus takes his leave and traps the two boys on top of a pillar of stone.
AfterMars,Jupiter, andSaturn arrive from their successful mission to capture theLake guardians, Cyrus begins the creation of theRed Chain.
After managing to make one Red Chain, Cyrus is attacked by the researcher of the Sinnoh myths and the Sinnoh region Champion,Cynthia. After a long battle, Cyrus manages to escape with Cynthia and her Garchomp far too exhausted to follow him. When he goes to check on the progress of the second Red Chain's creation, he finds that Azelf, Mesprit, and Uxie have all been freed from their containers. Cyrus, realizing that recapturing them would be impossible and that he has to use his weaker, artificially created Red Chain, furiously flies off to theSpear Pillar.
He arrives at the Spear Pillar where he greeted by his Galactic Commanders who were worried about his injured state. Cyrus tells them to ignore it and stop any intruders from interrupting his ritual to summon the LegendaryDialga andPalkia. Cyrus manages to summon the two Dragon Pokémon and has them fight each other, causing time and space to distort in various ways. Mars, Saturn, and Jupiter are eventually defeated by the Sinnoh Gym Leaders and they all ambush Cyrus while he has Dialga and Palkia fight each other. Despite his best efforts, Cyrus is unable to stop them from breaking the Red Chain he was using and unleashes his fury on them.
Later, when Diamond and Pearl go through with their assault on Dialga and Palkia, Cyrus attacks them while under the cover of a thick blackhaze. He reveals the reason for why he tried to make a new world; while Emotion, Knowledge, and Willpower make up a complete world, the world they live always has one that is lacking compared to the other two and as such, Cyrus aims to create a world without any of these aspects, a world that is perfect.
When Diamond uses his newly acquiredRegigigas to stop Dialga and Palkia from causing any more space-time anomalies, Cyrus attacks the boy and knocks him off the giant Pokémon. Cyrus states that Diamond wouldn't be able to understand the reason why he does the things he does but the young boy replies with his own definition of Time and Space that he had learned on his journey with Pearl and Platinum. Cyrus at first ignores his words but quickly notices that Dialga and Palkia have stopped fighting with each other and quickly uses the Red Chain to get them fighting again. With only one Red Chain, Cyrus only has half control over the two dragons; Diamond and Pearl decide to take advantage of this and attack the two dragons with their teams.
Dialga and Palkia, now freed from their controlled status, use their powers to create a sphere of light that pulls Cyrus off the ground and into it. As he floats into the sphere of light, Cyrus looks at the Sinnoh Pokédex holders and realizes that they are a perfect combination of Knowledge (Platinum), Emotion (Diamond), and Willpower (Pearl) and that was the reason he was defeated. He is next seen lying unconscious on the ground where Cynthia decides to take him to the hospital before interrogating him. While he and the unconscious Gym Leaders he had defeated earlier are taken to get medical help an accident caused byCharon's machine caused ahole to appear in the sky where mysteriousblack tentacles grab Dialga, Palkia, and Cyrus into it.
Platinum arc
Later, Cyrus appears in the Distortion World, still alive after the battle on Spear Pillar. He is discovered by Diamond, who had been sent there after being hit by one ofGiratina's attacks. After explaining how he ended up there, Diamond asks Cyrus if he knew if there was any way to defeat Giratina. He takes Diamond to an area where Giratina had kept Dialga and Palkia trapped after it dragged them into the Distortion World. Cyrus reveals that his defeat at the Spear Pillar helped him see the error of his ways and he now wants to support Diamond's wishes. Together, they use their Pokémon to break Dialga and Palkia from the mineral that had them captured, freeing them in the process. Afterward, they ride the dragons over to where Pearl is, surprising him due to him not expecting Cyrus to be helping them.
As the battle between the Legendary Pokémon continues getting more and more chaotic, everyone begins to gather together. Cyrus listens to everyone realize that even though humans and Pokémon make mistakes, they'll work together to try to fix it. This gives Cyrus a sense of gratitude in his heart, which causesShaymin to fly into his arms and later join the battle.
After Charon is defeated, Cyrus and his Commanders emerge from the Distortion World unharmed. Charon tries to lie to Cyrus by claiming that he intended to gather the Legendary Pokémon for Team Galactic's sake. Cyrus reaches down to Charon, which Saturn and Mars think it means he's going to pinch him. However, Cyrus only takes his machine and praises Charon for his technological genius. The records reveal that he has been using it since the battle on the Spear Pillar, which angers Saturn into figuring out that he was attempting to use the machine to control Dialga and Palkia into opening a hole to the Distortion World, to which Charon denies.
Cyrus speaks to his four Commanders once more and reveals that he is disbanding Team Galactic. He begins to leave and tells them to do whatever they wish, but an angry Jupiter tells him that without Team Galactic, she, Mars, and Saturn have nowhere else to go. Listening to her wishes, Cyrus takes Saturn, Mars, and Jupiter away with him and thanks Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum for their help.
Pokémon
On hand
Honchkrow is the first Pokémon seen in Cyrus's possession. He was first seen when Cyrus let him out of hisPoké Ball just before he receives a package. Honchkrow was used again in the Celestic Ruins where he cleared fog in order for Cyrus to make his leave. He was used againstCynthia but was easily defeated by herSpiritomb. He was later used to protect the Red Chain from being destroyed by the Sinnoh Gym Leaders but was unsuccessful in stopping them in time. Later, he was used to prevent Diamond from stopping Dialga and Palkia's fighting. In the Platinum chapter, Honchkrow was used with Diamond's Kit to free Dialga and Palkia from Giratina's trap. He is level 63, has an Adamant nature, and hisCharacteristic is "a little quick tempered."
Honchkrow's known moves areDefog andNight Slash, and his Ability isInsomnia.
Probopass is the second Pokémon seen in Cyrus's possession. He was first seen in Mount Coronet as aNosepass where Cyrus used him to attackDiamond,Pearl, andPlatinum for disturbing him with their noise, evolving him in the process. He was used again in the Celestic ruins to fightCynthia's Garchomp and later Diamond and Pearl. At the Spear Pillar, he was used to protect the Red Chain from being destroyed by the Sinnoh Gym Leaders but was unsuccessful in stopping them in time.
Probopass's known moves areRock Slide,Magnet Rise,Magnet Bomb,Gravity, andEarth Power, and his Ability isMagnet Pull.
Magnezone is the third Pokémon seen in Cyrus's possession along with Probopass. It was first seen in Mount Coronet as aMagneton where Cyrus used it to attackDiamond,Pearl, andPlatinum for disturbing him with their noise, evolving it in the process. It was used again in the Celestic ruins to fight Cynthia's Garchomp and later Diamond and Pearl. It was used to take Cyrus to the Spear Pillar after Azelf, Mesprit, and Uxie were freed from their captivity. At the Spear Pillar, it was used to protect the Red Chain from being destroyed by the Sinnoh Gym Leaders but was unsuccessful in stopping them in time. In the Platinum chapter, it was used to take Cyrus and the Commanders away.
Magnezone's known moves areMirror Shot,Magnet Bomb, andCharge Beam, and its Ability isMagnet Pull.
| Debut | Shunning Spiritomb |
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Weavile was used against Cynthia at the Veilstone Galactic HQ where it defeated her Spiritomb by freezing it. It then fought her Milotic and despite its powerful moves, was defeated whenMilotic usedBrine on it, the saltwater doing extra damage due to its wounds. At the Spear Pillar, it was used to protect the Red Chain from being destroyed by the Sinnoh Gym Leaders but was unsuccessful in stopping them in time.
Weavile's known moves areEmbargo andStrength, and its Ability isPressure.
| Debut | Shunning Spiritomb |
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Gyarados was the last of Cyrus's known Pokémon. First used in the battle against Cynthia where it easily overpowered her Milotic and managed to survive her Garchomp'sDraco Meteor. At the Spear Pillar, it was used to protect the Red Chain from being destroyed by the Sinnoh Gym Leaders but was unsuccessful in stopping them in time.
Gyarados's known moves areDragon Dance andGiga Impact.
Controlled
- Main article:Pokémon of myth (Adventures)
Dialga was first summoned by Cyrus on top of the Spear Pillar. It was used to fight with Palkia and create a disturbance in the Time-Space continuum which will allow Cyrus to create a new world free of emotions and war. Dialga was eventually stopped when Diamond's words reached it and later freed from Cyrus's control and defeated him. Dialga was later pulled intoanother dimension by a pair of mysterious black tentacles.
- Main article:Pokémon of myth (Adventures)
Palkia was first summoned by Cyrus on top of the Spear Pillar. It was used to fight with Dialga and create a disturbance in the Time-Space continuum which will allow Cyrus to create a new world free of emotions and war. Palkia was eventually stopped when Diamond's words reached it and later freed from Cyrus's control and defeated him. Palkia was later pulled intoanother dimension by a pair of mysterious black tentacles.
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!
Cyrus is first seen watching a Contest being performed byMitsumi inHearthome City. He introduces himself as a friend of hers toHareta and then leaves after asking Hareta to give her his regards on her performance.
Later, atCelestic Town, Cyrus,Jupiter, andSaturn arrive at the ruins after Hareta manages to throw a bomb they planted into a safe area. Here, Cyrus introduces himself to Hareta as the leader of Team Galactic and reveals that he is also searching for the Legendary PokémonDialga. After revealing his plans, Cyrus makes his leave while Hareta follows him and Mitsumi is left behind to battle Jupiter and Saturn.
After catching up to him, Cyrus offers to let Hareta join him in his operation; Hareta refuses and they begin battling. The two have an intense battle and eventually, Hareta is knocked off of the bridge they were fighting on and is sent into the water below. Cyrus begins to mull over his victory, but Hareta suddenly returns from the water and defeats hisWeavile with aTorrent-poweredSurf. Suddenly, Cyrus realizes that he is starting to enjoy their battle; in a fit of rage and confusion, Cyrus commands hisGyarados to useGiga Impact, destroying the bridge and sending Hareta into the water once again, this time unconscious. Cyrus then leaves while questioning how he lost control over himself in their battle.
Later, atLake Valor, Cyrus arrives after Saturn is defeated by Hareta. Disappointed by his failure, Cyrus unceremoniously fires Saturn from Team Galactic and tells him to leave. Noticing that Hareta is still alive after previously defeating him, he is challenged to a battle by the boy and they begin battling. Cyrus almost defeats Hareta again, but he quickly loses his advantage once Hareta sets up a well-planned move. Before his Gyarados can be defeated by aThunder fired from Hareta'sLuxio, Saturn saves it with hisRhyperior'sLightningrod and begs for another chance. Suddenly, Hareta defeats Saturn with a Torrent powered-up Surf from his Piplup; Cyrus takes the unconscious Saturn away and states that their battle was a draw while forgiving Saturn for his loss.
Later, while Jupiter battles Mitsumi at Lake Acuity, Cyrus sends a phone call to Jupiter in which he requests that Mitsumi comes to him. It is eventually revealed that Cyrus had picked up Mitsumi when she was a child and raised her to be Team Galactic's greatest warrior. By holding her belovedEevee hostage, Cyrus forces Mitsumi to once again fight for him and makes her battle Hareta. As they battle, Cyrus coldly tries to convince Mitsumi that she is alone in the world and that she only belongs in Team Galactic. Eventually, Hareta manages to break through to Mitsumi and convinces her to fight as a real Trainer instead of a member of Team Galactic.
After Mitsumi is defeated, Cyrus leads Hareta to the room where he holds the three Pokémon of spirit,Uxie,Mesprit, andAzelf. Hareta manages to free them from their prison, but Cyrus managed to complete the item he was creating with the three Pokémon, theRed Chain. Cyrus assumes that Hareta hates him for his actions but is shocked to only find that he pities him instead. Cyrus gives Hareta a Master Ball and tells him to go to Mount Coronet where they can have one last battle; he then leaves the self-destructing Galactic Building with Hareta still inside.
Later, at the Spear Pillar, after waiting for the return of Hareta, Cyrus assumes he had died in the explosion and goes on with his plan. With the Red Chain, Cyrus finally summons the Pokémon of Time,Dialga, and takes control of it. With Dialga's control over time, Cyrus easily defeats Hareta'sEmpoleon and he announces his plan to destroy everything to start the world anew. Cyrus commands Dialga to send the world back to its beginning, causing everything revert to the start of the universe.Hareta's Empoleon attempts to sacrifice itself to stop Cyrus, against Hareta's wishes, but is stopped by thelake guardians who save everyone and break the Red Chain, freeing Dialga from Cyrus's control.
With Dialga freed, Cyrus has been defeated, but suddenly, the other god Pokémon,Palkia, arrives. While Dialga and Palkia fight, Cyrus witnesses Hareta, Mitsumi, and the Gym Leaders attempt to try to stop them, only to fail. Cyrus states that while the imperfect world will end, nothing will remain to replace it. Mitsumi states that Hareta won't let that happen because he is fighting for all of them. Mars, Saturn, and Jupiter come to help them fight Dialga and Palkia; Cyrus then explains to them how to defeat the two dragons.
Hareta uses Cyrus's plan and manages to get Dialga to useRoar of Time, stopping it momentarily. With Dialga frozen briefly, Cyrus and the others command all of their Pokémon to attack Dialga simultaneously, stopping the fight between the two gods. After the events end, Cyrus disappears along with his commanders. Some time afterwards, Cyrus is captured by Charon, who takes over Team Galactic. When Kaisei accidentally breaks into Cyrus's prison cell in the Team Galactic HQ, he offers to free Cyrus, but Cyrus turns him down, saying that he is waiting to see what Charon plans to do with Team Galactic.
During the battle against Charon in the Team Galactic HQ, Mitsumi and the three Commanders free Cyrus, and they set out to the Distortion World to fight Charon. Cyrus and the others, seeing the battle against Giratina in the forest arrive to assist, and Cyrus is last seen fighting Giratina with the others.
Later, when Charon escapes to Stark Mountain hoping to capture Heatran, Agent Looker stops him, claiming that Cyrus has disbanded Team Galactic.
Pokémon
On hand
Cyrus sent outWeavile to battle Hareta. Hareta usesPiplup to battle it. Even though Weavile had the upper hand, it was hereby defeated after a surprise attack from Piplup.
Weavile's known moves areNight Slash,Ice Beam, andHyper Beam.
Gyarados was sent out after his Weavile suffered tons of damage from Piplup's surprise attack. Gyarados used Giga Impact to send them away, thus ending the battle. Later, during Hareta's rematch after Saturn's loss, Cyrus had his Gyarados battle Hareta and his Piplup despite the former feeling weak due toToxicroak'spoisoning that happened earlier. The battle was declared as a draw when Cyrus and the others retreated after witnessing Piplup'sgiantwave.
Gyarados's known moves areGiga Impact,Dragon Dance, andBite.
Controlled
Cyrus successfully controlledDialga after he gained control of the Red Chain. Dialga was a very powerful Pokémon that was able to use time as an advantage in its battle. However, when Hareta tried to snap Dialga out of Cyrus's control, it was able to flee from Cyrus.
Dialga's known moves areRoar of Time,Ancient Power, andDragon Claw.
Stolen
In order to forceMitsumi into rejoiningTeam Galactic, Cyrus kidnaps her favoriteEevee, locks him in a cage and holds him hostage, threatening to kill Eevee if she refuses. To save Eevee's life, Mitsumi caves in to the blackmail and rejoins Team Galactic. Later on, Cyrus forces Mitsumi to battleHareta with the mission to defeat him. To make sure Mitsumi cooperates, he would torture Eevee every time she disobeyed him. After Hareta defeats Mitsumi,Jun and hisDragonite take Eevee away from Cyrus and return him to his trainer.
None of Eevee's moves are known.
In the TCG
Cards
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Cyrus or his Pokémon in thePokémon Trading Card Game.
Trivia
- Theaka that appears in his Japanese name may refer to the color red, as a counterpart toCynthia, whose Japanese name refers toshiro, white.
- In thegames:
- all of Cyrus'sPokémon are dual-types, excluding hisEntei fromBrilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl'sBattle Tower.
- all of Cyrus's Pokémon have a weakness toRock, excludingDialga andPalkia fromUltra Sun and Ultra Moon.
- all of Cyrus's non-Legendary Pokémon outside of the Battle Tower are ofDark- and/orFlying-type (hisHonchkrow is both).
- UntilCharon's introduction, Cyrus was the only one of the four major characters of Team Galactic that does not share a name with a planet. Charon's Japanese namesake,Pluto, is adwarf planet, but was considered a planet between its 1930 discovery and 2006.Charon is the largest of Pluto's five moons. This makes Cyrus the only named Team Galactic member who is not directly named for a solar system object (though his English and German names are derived from one, and to a lesser extent the Chinese, Korean, and Russian names, the last of which resembled the constellation Sirius)
- Cyrus is the first leader of avillainous team to appear in the opening of agame.
- Cyrus is the first leader of a villainous team to have his age stated in-game, as 27 byLooker in the Team Galactic Headquarters inVeilstone City in Platinum.
- Silver and his counterparts own every single Pokémon Cyrus owns in the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl versions: Weavile, Honchkrow, and Gyarados in Pokémon Adventures and Crobat in the games, as well as Weavile's pre-Evolution, Sneasel.
- In both the original Japanese version and English dub ofPokémon the Series, Cyrus's voice actors have previously portrayed leaders of other villainous teams.Sean Schemmel playedTeam Aqua headArchie, andKenta Miyake also voicesGiovanni, the boss ofTeam Rocket.
- Cyrus is the first villainous team boss to use his own signature battle theme, as all the themesGiovanni uses up toGeneration IV are shared with multiple other Trainers, and Archie andMaxie share a common battle theme with each other.
- In Platinum, Cyrus's highest-leveled Pokémon flips from being Murkrow in his first battle and Honchkrow in his second to Weavile in his third battle. This is not the case in Diamond and Pearl.
- Although Cyrus himself does not appear inPokémon Legends: Arceus, he bears a striking resemblance toCyllene, the leader of theGalaxy Team's Survey Corps, who at one point mentions passing down knowledge of the team to her descendants. Cyrus's plans to create a new world are also alluded to byVolo.
Names
The majority of Cyrus's localized names refer to the Sun; this fits in with the Commanders' planetary naming scheme and may be a reference to how Cyrus would figuratively hold the Sun's position as the center of his new world. The Korean and Chinese names contain both a reference to red, like the Japanese one and to the Sun, like the localized Western ones.
His Russian name, aside from it referencing Cyrus, also was based on Sirius, which was the name of a star within the Canis Major constellation, fitting with the celestial naming scheme.
| Language | Name | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | アカギAkagi | From 赤木akagi (bishop wood) and 赤aka (red) |
| English, Latin American Spanish, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese | Cyrus | FromCyrus (name of Persian origin associated with the sun) |
| German | Zyrus | Similar to his English name |
| European Spanish | Helio | FromHelio (Helios), the Greek god of the sun |
| French | Hélio | FromHélios (Helios) |
| Korean | 태홍Taehong | From 태양 (太陽)taeyang (sun) and 홍 (紅)hong (red) |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 赤日Chìrì /Chikyaht | From 赤日chìrì / chikyaht (blazing sun) and 赤chì / chik (red) |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 赤日Chìrì | |
| Indonesian | Cyrus Sairus[n 1] | Same as his English name Similar to his English name |
| Russian | СириусSirius | FromSirius and similar to his English name |
| Thai | อาคากิAkhaki | Transcription of his Japanese name |
| Vietnamese | Akagi | Transcription of his Japanese name |
Galactic BossDPPt/Team Galactic BossBDSP
| Language | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Chinese | Cantonese | 銀河隊老大Ngàhnhòh Déui Lóuhdaaih |
| Mandarin | 銀河隊老大 / 银河队老大Yínhé Duì Lǎodà | |
| French | Boss Team GalaxieBDSP Chef GalaxieDPPt | |
| German | Galaktik-BossBDSP GalaktikbossDPPt | |
| Italian | Capo GalassiaBDSP CapogalassiaDPPt | |
| Korean | 갤럭시단 보스Galaxy Dan Boss | |
| Brazilian Portuguese | Chefe da Equipe Galáctica | |
| European Spanish | Jefe GalaxiaBDSP Líder GalaxiaDPPt | |
| Vietnamese | Ông chủ của Nhóm Ginga | |
Notes
References
- ↑Looker: "So, that was Cyrus, the boss of the Team Galactic. Quite the performance, no? Mesmerizing for one of only27 years old."
- ↑Armen Taylor on Twitter
- ↑Cyrus's Conspiracy (Platinum 105)
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