Dude (Japanese:おにいさんDude) is aTrainer onRoute 29 right outsideNew Bark Town inPokémon Gold, Silver, andCrystal. He notices theplayer pass by a few times and decides to teach them how to catchPokémon. He is theGeneration II equivalent of theold man and was replaced withLyra orEthan inPokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.

Pokémon

Caught in tutorial

Rattata♂/♀Lv.5

Type:

Normal

Ability:

No Ability

Held item:

None

Effort levels:

The battle screen also shows that he has a single, unseen, Pokémon on his team during the capture tutorial.

Items

Dude has the followingitems in the Items pocket:

• Potion ×1

Dude has the followingPoké Balls in the Poké Balls pocket:

• Poké Ball ×5

Gallery

Sprites

Dude uses only one back sprite even in Pokémon Crystal; however, its color palette is the same as theplayer character's palette.

Back sprite from Generation II (male player)	Back sprite from Generation II (female player)	Overworld sprite from Generation II

Quotes

Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal

• BeforeSilver steals a first partner Pokémon

"Pokémon hide in the grass. Who knows when they'll pop out..."

• After talking with thePoliceman andProfessor Elm

"I've seen you a couple times. How manyPokémon have you caught? Would you like me to show you how to catchPokémon?"

Yes: (Shows how to catch Pokémon)"That's how you do it. If you weaken them first,Pokémon are easier to catch."

No:"Oh, fine then. Anyway, if you want to catchPokémon, you have to walk a lot."

If talked to again after selecting No:"Huh? You want me to show you how to catchPokémon?"

• If talked to again after the catching tutorial

"Pokémon hide in the grass. Who knows when they'll pop out..."

Trivia

• He, theold man, andPrimo are the onlyNPCs to receive a back sprite but not a front one.
• In the German version of Crystal, if both theplayer'sparty and the currentPC Box are full,the player will receive a large amount of money from the dude. If done so on the Virtual Console release, the tutorial willfreeze the game.

In other languages

Related articles

This game character article is part ofProject CharacterDex, aBulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in thePokémon games.

• Capture tutors
• Game characters
• Male characters
• Gold, Silver and Crystal characters