Eusine
| Eusine ミナキMinaki | |
 Artwork fromPokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver | |
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Eye color | Crystal blue |
| Hair color | Light brown |
| Hometown | Celadon City |
| Region | Kanto |
| Relatives | Unseen grandfather |
| Trainer class | Mystery Man |
| Generation | II,IV |
| Games | Crystal,HeartGold, SoulSilver Masters EX |
| Game animation debut | The Reawakening |
| English voice actor | Kyle Hebert |
| Japanese voice actor | Hiroshi Tsuchida Takuya Eguchi[1](Masters EX) |
| Animated debut | For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll |
| English voice actor | Ed Paul Dan Green (The Legend of Thunder!) |
| Japanese voice actor | Shinji Kawada |
Eusine (Japanese:ミナキMinaki;Eugene inThe Legend of Thunder!) is a character introduced inPokémon Crystal. He is a researcher and expert on theLegendary beasts who has chasedSuicune to no avail for ten years.
In the core series games
Eusine first appears inPokémon Crystal. He is first seen researching theBurned Tower, together withMorty. Later, he battles theplayer inCianwood City, just north of the Pokémon Seer, after seeingSuicune escaping from the town, hoping that by battling the player he will earn Suicune's respect as a Trainer. After Suicune has been caught in theTin Tower, he returns to his hometown,Celadon City, and can be found in CeladonPokémon Center waiting for the player to catch all threeLegendary beasts. After this is accomplished, Eusine will return to the Tin Tower and wait for the player to summonHo-Oh, and remains there after they have captured or defeated it, stating he will dedicate himself to studying Pokémon more.
Eusine also appears inPokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, in which his storyline is almost identical at first but differs in the end. In these games, Eusine follows Suicune toKanto, chasing it around and ultimately to its final destination — theCerulean Cape. Before the player can catch Suicune, they must see it along with Eusine at Burned Tower,Cianwood City,Route 42,Vermilion City, andRoute 14 in that order before being able to catch it at the Cerulean Cape. After urging the player to engage with Suicune after understanding its desires, and whether the player does catch it or defeat it, Eusine expresses no regrets as he bids farewell after having witnessed a breathtaking moment. It is also revealed in these games that when Eusine was young, he was told stories about Suicune by his grandfather, who is very knowledgeable about Johto's folklore. Despite this, Eusine never mentions the Bell Tower, Ho-Oh, or his hometown in these games.
Pokémon
Pokémon Crystal
Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver
In the spin-off games
Pokémon Masters EX
- Main article:Eusine (Masters)
Eusine forms async pair withShinySuicune inPokémon Masters EX. Eusine became a playable sync pair on June 15, 2023.
| Dex | Trainer | NDex | Pokémon | Type | Weakness | Role | EX role | Base potential | Availability | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #168 |  | Eusine | #0245 |  | Suicune  | Water | Electric |  |  | ★★★★★☆EX | Poké Fair Sync Pair Scout |
Gallery
Artwork
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| Official artwork from Crystal |
Sprites
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| Sprite from Crystal | Sprite from HeartGold and SoulSilver | Game intro sprite from HeartGold and SoulSilver |
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| Overworld sprite from Crystal | Overworld sprite from HeartGold and SoulSilver | |
Quotes
- Main article:Eusine/Quotes
In animation
Pokémon the Series
History
Pokémon the Series: Gold and Silver
Eusine debuted inFor Ho-Oh the Bells Toll!, where he challengedAsh for daring to say that he met thelegendary beastSuicune. This might just have been a form of jealousy on his part, for Ash had also seenHo-Oh as well, while he had yet to encounter it himself. He managed to calm himself down long enough to work withMorty, Ash, andhis friends in their quest to retrieve theTin Tower's sacredCrystal Bells, which had been stolen byTeam Rocket. He later encountered Suicune and was set oncatching it for himself. However, Suicune usedRoar, which sentAlakazam back to itsPoké Ball to end the encounter before leaving. The brief encounter left a great impression on Eusine, and he quickly leftEcruteak City to chase Suicune.
The Legend of Thunder!
InThe Legend of Thunder!, Eugene[note 1] assistedJimmy,Marina, andVincent in theirbattle againstAttila andHun. Marina fell for him because he wore a cape, though he was quick to remind her that no one can touch his cape. While he was intent on meetingRaikou, Eugene kept Jimmy and his friends calm throughout the entire ordeal.
Character
Eusine is portrayed as a bold individual with an overwhelming obsession forLegendary Pokémon likeSuicune. However, he comes across as arrogant with a slight superiority complex. Due to his immense pride over his knowledge of myths and legends, Eusine is unprepared to listen to others and often assigns himself the leading role, such as when he relegatedKudo to the sidelines as he trackedRaikou inThe Legend of Thunder!.
He is apparently very close friends withMorty, who is also an expert on theEcruteak legends. Morty acts as Eusine's voice of reason, trying to convince him to calm down and ease up, but to no avail. When Eusine left suddenly at the end ofFor Ho-Oh the Bells Toll!, Morty's lack of surprise indicates that this has happened before.
Pokémon
This listing is of Eusine's Pokémon inPokémon the Series:
| Debut | For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll! |
|---|---|
| Voice actors | |
| Japanese | Kenta Miyake |
| English | Maddie Blaustein |
Eusine first used hisAlakazam when he was about to have abattle with Ash, but the battle was called off due to theBug Pokémon covering the town with their strings. Later, Eusine attempted to use Alakazam in order to protect Ash andhis friends from the attacks of severalwild Pokémon, but the attacks came through and stopped Alakazam. When Eusine tried tocatch Suicune, he sent his Alakazam against the Aurora Pokémon. However, Alakazam was forced to return back into itsPoké Ball after Suicune usedRoar.
InThe Legend of Thunder!, Eugene used his Alakazam to battleAttila andHun'sSteelix andSkarmory.
Alakazam's known moves areReflect,Disable,Confusion, andPsybeam.
Voice actors
| Language | Voice actor | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 川田紳司Shinji Kawada | |
| English | Ed Paul (EP227) Dan Green (TLoT) | |
| Dutch | Dieter Jansen (EP227) | |
| Polish | Arkadiusz Detmer | |
| Brazilian Portuguese | Mauro Eduardo Lima | |
| Spanish | Latin America | Gerardo García (EP227) Alfredo Gabriel Basurto (TLoT) |
| Spain | David Robles (EP227) Eduardo del Hoyo (TLoT) | |
Pokémon Generations
Eusine appeared inThe Reawakening. He was shown recalling the story of how theLegendary beasts came to be while exploring theBurned Tower. He then shared his desire to tell them that people are no longer afraid of them, and that they can be trusted again. At the end of the episode, he caught a long-awaited glimpse ofSuicune.
Voice actors
| Language | Voice actor | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 土田大Hiroshi Tsuchida | |
| English | Kyle Hebert | |
| Brazilian Portuguese | Guto Nejaim | |
| European Spanish | Pablo Gómez | |
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
History
Gold, Silver & Crystal arc
Eusine is first mentioned byMorty inMisdreavus Misgivings. Morty states that Eusine asked him to use his clairvoyance to search for theLegendary PokémonSuicune. Due to Suicune's Legendary status, Morty was unable to locate where it slept. After facing and losing to Suicune in battle, Morty calls Eusine to tell him about the encounter.
Eusine physically debuts inJumping Jumpluff!, where he meetsCrystal, another person searching for Suicune. After they introduce themselves to each other, Eusine deems Crystal his rival for their similar goal and proceeds to leave. He accidentally ends up crashing into a barn at theMoomoo Farm, angering the farmhands, who demand that Eusine leave and pay for the damages. By tricking the farmhands by healing theirMiltank with what he claims to be "magic", Eusine gets out of having to pay for the broken roof and earns himself free milk in the process. He is immediately approached by Crystal, who saw through the trick and knew that Eusine used aBerry to heal the Miltank. Eusine assumes Crystal had followed him to get a chance at getting close to Suicune, but she states that it was pure coincidence, as she is tracking Suicune with herPokédex.
Soon after, Suicune appears and attacks the two. Crystal deduces that the Suicune who attacked them is a fake and uncovers its true identity, aDitto sent to throw them off from the real Suicune's whereabouts. They realize that if someone sent a diversion, the real Suicune must currently be pursued by whoever sent the Ditto. Crystal and Eusine make their way to find Suicune by using Crystal's Pokédex to track its location. Upon spotting the people after Suicune, Eusine leaves Crystal to face the pursuers in battle. He tells Crystal to go after Suicune, who is heading toEcruteak City. Eusine finds out the pursuers are theTeam Rocket Elite Trio and faces them in battle. Eusine succeeds in defeating the trio and steals theClear Bell they had in their possession. Eusine heads to theBell Tower, where Crystal is facing Suicune in battle. He arrives just as Crystal had been defeated and blocked from accessing the tower due to Suicune's Crystal Wall. With the Clear Bell, Eusine bypasses the Crystal Wall and heads up the Bell Tower in hopes that Suicune is still there, only to find it already gone. After Crystal wakes up, Eusine realizes that Suicune was heading to the Bell Tower to meets its master,Ho-Oh. Eusine then leaves Crystal to continue his journey to capture Suicune.
During the final battle against theMasked Man, Eusine arrives to rescueMisty and an injured Suicune from being trapped in the Crystal Wall. Due to Misty's injuries, she tells Suicune that it will have to continue the battle against the Masked Man with a new partner. Although Eusine hoped to be chosen, he is disappointed when Suicune chooses Crystal as its new partner. Later, Eusine meets up with Morty, who asks if he is disappointed that he wasn't chosen by Suicune. Eusine confidently states that Suicune will choose him one day, as he did save its life.
HeartGold & SoulSilver arc
Eusine appears at theJohto Safari Zone selling crudely-drawn photos and poems of Suicune to visitors. There, Eusine encountersSilver, who had arrived to search for someone. The meeting is cut short when they are attacked byPetrel ofTeam Rocket. Eusine is incapacitated by tear gas created from Petrel'sKoffing, leaving Silver to battle the villain alone. After facing Petrel and defeating him, Silver obtains the twoPlates that were in Petrel's possession. Later, Silver reveals to Eusine about everything he learned from his battle with Petrel. Silver also reveals that the creator of Team Rocket is his father,Giovanni, and that it was created after Silver was kidnapped as a child by the Masked Man. Feeling bad for Silver's plight, Eusine recommends that Silver meet Morty and his clairvoyance to help him find the Plates.
Eusine is immediately attacked by a group of schoolchildren who accidentally mistook him for a Pokémon. The caretaker of the children is revealed to be Crystal, who was leading a school trip. Crystal decides to go with Silver on his journey to find the Plates and stop Team Rocket. Eusine is left behind to tend to the children, much to his frustration. At the end of the ninth chapter, Eusine encounters Suicune again and chases after it, much to Suicune's annoyance.
Pokémon
| Debut | Jumping Jumpluff! |
|---|
Electrode is Eusine's first known Pokémon that serves as his mode of land transportation. It was first seen accidentally shocking Crystal'sArchy after the two mistook one another forSuicune. While he faced the Team Rocket Elite Trio alone, Eusine lent Electrode to Crystal and had it take her to Ecruteak City. In theHeartGold & SoulSilver arc, it was seen with Eusine while confronting Silver. Electrode later helped take care of the children left in Eusine's care.
None of Electrode's moves are known.
| Debut | Jumping Jumpluff! |
|---|
Jumpluff is Eusine's second known Pokémon that serves as his mode of air transportation. It was first seen being used to make an exit after meeting Crystal, but the wind caused Eusine and Jumpluff to land in theMoomoo Farm. Later, it helped face the Team Rocket Elite Trio in battle and defeated them using its spores. In theHeartGold & SoulSilver arc, Jumpluff helped take care of the children left in Eusine's care.
Jumpluff's known moves areCotton Spore andLeech Seed.
Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys
Eusine was first seen inFarewell To Pikachu?!, arriving at theCianwood Gym and trying to retrievePikachu fromGold. It turned out that Gold's Pikachu was actually a messengersent from the future by Eusine andBill using the latter'sTime Capsule to guide the present Eusine to aLegendary Pokémon using a special learning device attached to it. Gold wanted to battle Eusine for Pikachu's ownership, butChuck told them to wait until the next day. The next day, Gold and hisCroconaw beat Eusine's Hypno, allowing Pikachu to stay with him and leaving Eusine with no choice but to search for the Legendary Pokémon alone.
Soon after,Black unsealed theBlack Tyranitar, Cianwood's Legendary Pokémon, which used to wreak havoc in theJohto region. Eusine was one of the people who helped Gold in fighting the Black Tyranitar.
Pokémon
On hand
Eusine usedHypno againstGold's Croconaw in the battle for Pikachu's ownership. Croconaw eventually won, allowing Pikachu to stay with Gold.
Hypno's known moves areDisable,Hypnosis, andDynamic Punch.
Eusine sent outHaunter for the battle against theBlack Tyranitar.
None of Haunter's moves are known.
Eusine sent outElectrode for the battle against theBlack Tyranitar.
None of Electrode's moves are known.
Released
Trivia
- There is data inPokémon Crystal for the gender of everyTrainer class in the game, used to select which dialogue pool to sample from when randomly choosing the opponent's dialogue, with the exception of Eusine.
- Despite being mistakenly known as "Eugene" in the English and Spanish dubs ofThe Legend of Thunder!, Eusine was correctly named in theIsraeli dub, just as in theoriginal series, because the error was caught by the director of the series dub, Maya Bar Shalom. His situation matches that ofVincent.
- His HeartGold and SoulSilver artwork adds several diamond shaped patterns to his clothes, which resemble those seen on the body ofSuicune.
Names
| Language | Name | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ミナキMinaki | From 水晶suishō (crystal) with the alternate reading of its characters as 水mina and 晶aki or the alternative reading of the 君kun (monarch) in the name origin of スイクンSuicune as 君kimi |
| English, European Spanish, Latin American Spanish | Eusine | Similar toSuicune |
| Eugene[n 1] | Misspelling ofEusine | |
| German | Eusin | Similar toSuicune |
| French | Eusine | Similar toSuicune |
| Eugène[n 1] | Misspelling ofEusine | |
| Italian | Eugenius | Similar toSuicune or a corruption of his English name |
| Korean | 수호Suho | From 수호 (守護)suho (protection) and 수정 (水晶)sujeong (crystal) |
| 미나키Minaki[n 2] | Transcription of his Japanese name | |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 水京Shuǐjīng /Séuigīng | From 水晶shuǐjīng (crystal) and 水君Shuǐjūn / Séuigwān (Suicune) |
| Chinese (Taiwan) | 米那君Mǐnàjūn[n 3] 南其Nánqí[n 4] 南木Nánmù[n 1] | From the partial transcription of his Japanese name and 水君Shuǐjūn (Suicune) From the Japanese name 南Minami and a transcription of his Japanese name From the Japanese name 南木Minaki |
| Chinese (Hong Kong) | 米拿基Máihnàhgēi[specify] 南木Nàahmmuhk[n 1] | Transcription of his Japanese name From the Japanese name 南木Minaki |
| Chinese (mainland China) | 南其Nánqí[n 5] 米那君Mǐnàjūn[n 6] | From the Japanese name 南Minami and a transcription of his Japanese name From the Japanese name 南木Minaki |
| Russian | ЮсинYusin | Transcription of his English name |
| Vietnamese | Minaki | Transcription of his Japanese name |
Notes
- ↑1.01.11.21.3The Legend of Thunder!
- ↑Pokémon Adventures
- ↑Pokémon animated series (EP227)
- ↑Pokémon Adventures
- ↑Pokémon Adventures (Jilin Publishing second edition)
- ↑Pokémon Adventures (Jilin Publishing first edition)
Notes
- ↑InThe Legend of Thunder!, Eusine was mistakenly called "Eugene".
References
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