Flint ムノーMunō
Flint
Gender	Male
Eye color	Unknown
Hair color	Brown
Hometown	Pewter City
Region	Kanto
Relatives	Lola (wife),Brock (son),Forrest (son),8 other children
Trainer class	Gym Leader
Leader of	Pewter Gym
Badge	Boulder Badge
Specializes in	Rock types
Animated debut	Showdown in Pewter City
English voice actor	Ted Lewis(EP005) Eric Stuart(HS01) Rodger Parsons(AG177)
Japanese voice actor	Takaya Hashi

Flint (Japanese:ムノーMunō) is a recurring character inPokémon the Series. He is aRock-typePokémonspecialist and formerPewter CityGym Leader. He is also the father ofBrock,Forrest, andeight other children; and is married toLola.

History

InA Family That Battles Together Stays Together!, Flint recalled that he first metLola when she was a buddingTrainer. He was impressed by herPoliwag'sHydro Pump during abattle against hisGraveler. They went on to date for sometime, eventually got married, and had their ten children.

Flint was once thePewter CityGym Leader, but he relinquished this role and abandoned his children to pursue his own ambitions of becoming a powerful Pokémon Trainer, though he had failed in this regard and couldn't bring himself to faceBrock and hisnine younger siblings in the wake of this failure. He instead decided to live a life as a hermit selling souvenir rocks for a living on the outskirts ofPewter City.

Ash andMisty first met Flint inShowdown in Pewter City, during which Ash bragged about his goal to become aPokémon Master. In response, Flint told Ash that thinking he could defeatBrock, thePewter CityGym Leader, was foolish.

After Ash's unsuccessful match against Brock, Flint talked with him about Brock. Flint went on to point out Brock's home life and the circumstances behind it. Flint then decided to help Ash in his Gym battle and hookedPikachu to a hydroelectric dam to increase its strength. After Ash'srematch, Flint showed up and revealed himself to be Brock's father. As Brock wanted to travel withAsh, he left the Gym Leader position and the duty of being head of the family to Flint.

Brock returned home inA Family That Battles Together Stays Together! after traveling throughKanto andJohto with Ash, only to find Flint being neglectful of his duties as Gym Leader. Brock scolded Flint for not taking care of the Gym, and Flint explained that it was because Lola had recently returned and renovated the Gym into aWater-type one, much to his dismay. Flint took Brock back to the Gym to show him the renovations.

Lola and Flint had a rematch for the title of Gym Leader, which he lost. However, this rekindled their relationship and prompted them to try and remodel the Pewter Gym into a dual Rock/Water-type Gym, much to the disapproval of their children. Eventually, Brock was able to beat his mother and stop these plans. Flint went on to return to his role as Gym Leader, thoughForrest was revealed to have taken over this role byDPS02.

InGrating Spaces, Flint and Lola were sent on a plane trip byTeam Rocket, who wereposing as Gym stylists and attempting to redecorate the Pewter Gym in a bid to take over the facility. Brock visited home and was shocked to see his parents' absences, and the Gym's latest renovation. When the pair returned from their trip, Brock scolded them for abandoning the children once again and informed them that they had fallen for one of Team Rocket's schemes.

In DPS02, Flint returned from a holiday trip with his wife, and started supporting his son Forrest in his match against aNurse Joy from thePokémon Inspection Agency.

Character

Flint's passion for theRock type has been passed on to his two eldest sons,Brock andForrest. He continues to reminisce about thebattles he had in his youth.

Flint dislikes confrontation and will attempt to keep to himself to avoid issues, such asLola's extreme makeover of thePewter Gym. Brock, on two occasions, had to give Flint some stern advice to help him to overcome this. Even so, Flint struggles with guilt and is consciously aware that he allowed his children to grow up without their parents, but is pleased with their resilience and ambitions.

Flint rekindled his relationship with Lola inA Family That Battles Together Stays Together!, after it had gone astray because of Lola's passionate uptake of certain hobbies. Lola brings out a softer side of Flint's personality, where he is shown to be happier and more easygoing in her presence. However, his affection for Lola also embarrasses his children. Flint also panders to Lola's dreams at the expense of his children's beliefs, to the point where he is fine with the Pewter Gym closing for good.

Pokémon

This listing is of Flint's knownPokémon inPokémon the Series:

On hand

Graveler →Golem

Debut	A Family That Battles Together Stays Together!
Voice actors
Japanese	Katsuyuki Konishi
English	Eric Stuart

Flint'sGolem first appeared inA Family That Battles Together Stays Together!, where it battledLola'sMarill to win thePewter Gym back from her control. However, the type disadvantage and the mostly water-based battlefield gave Marill the advantage. Flint started with an Earthquake, which made it hard for Marill to navigate, but Golem was no match to Marill, who usedSurf to sink Golem. As a result, Lola'sBlastoise had to save it from drowning.Brock later used a hairdryer to help dry Golem off.

It was revealed that Golem used to be aGraveler; in a battle against Lola'sPoliwag. It was later seen with Blastoise, holding up the new sign made of rock which they broke.

Golem appeared again inGrating Spaces!, where it welcomed Brock home withBrock's Geodude,Steelix, andCrobat.

Golem's only known move isEarthquake.

Mentioned

Rhydon

Debut	A Family That Battles Together Stays Together!

Flint'sRhydon has only been mentioned inA Family That Battles Together Stays Together! where it was said to have brought heavy rocks from the mountains to stop thePewter Gym from becoming an aquarium, butLola went on to paint them pink.

None of Rhydon's moves are known.

Given away

Onix

Debut	Showdown in Pewter City
Voice actors
Japanese	Unshō Ishizuka
English	Unshō Ishizuka

Main article:Brock's Steelix

Brock's revealed that Flint had given himOnix for his 10th birthday, where it arrived at his window with a red bow around its neck. Flint and Brock watched the sunrise; sitting on Onix's head, in a flashback inHaving a Wailord of a Time!. Even though it evolved off-screen, it was revealed to be aSteelix inGrating Spaces!.

Voice actors

Trivia

• In the English, Finnish and Castilian Spanish dubs, Flint inGrating Spaces! (in the Finnish dub also inShowdown in Pewter City) is voiced by the same voice actor who voices thenarrator.
• InPocket Monsters: The Animation, it implies that Flint is not Lola's only husband and may not actually be the father of some of Brock's siblings, as it mentioned that Lola "married again and again" to keep the gym due to each husband fleeing from their responsibilities, which also resulted in her having lots of kids.
• Flint's Japanese name could be fromYoshiharu Tsuge's manga, "The Incompetent Man".

Names

Related articles

This article is part ofProject Anime, aBulbapedia project that covers all aspects ofPokémon animation.

• Characters
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