Jō

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Jō ジョウJō
Jō
Gender	Male
Eye color	Navy Blue
Hair color	Navy Blue
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Johto
Game counterpart	Ethan

(Japanese:ジョウJō) is the main character ofPocket Monsters HGSS Jō's Big Adventure. He is based on themale player character of HeartGold and SoulSilver.

History

Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.

Jō is a beginning Trainer who went off to get his first Pokémon inProfessor Elm's laboratory. After much consideration, he choosesTotodile. Later, he challengesFalkner where he manages to defeat him, earning himself theZephyr Badge. Afterwards, he has Totodile take on a wildBellsprout for training. He meetsTsubaki and has his first rival battle with him. After a long and hard fought battle in which Totodile came out on top, Jō notices thatKurt is in trouble. Three members ofTeam Rocket along withProton have arrived to take theSlowpoke in order to profit their tails. Jō watches as the members are arguing with Kurt. Jō arrives and puts a stop to them. The grunts battle him but Proton decides to handle things with him instead. As Totodile got weaker by Proton'sZubat, the grunts hold Jō back but Totodile goes for a last ditch Scratch which takes out both of Proton's Pokémon.

After Team Rocket retreated empty-handed, Jō meets aKimono Girl at theBurned Tower. She tells him about the three legendary beasts that reside their at the bottom floor. As soon as Jō went to the bottom floor, Morty arrives and battles Jō. Jō manages to defeat Morty earning him theFog Badge.

When Jō went to theLake of Rage, he meetsLance where he tells Jō about adifferent-colored Gyarados residing in the lake. As soon as the Red Gyarados comes out of the lake, Lance has Jō fly on his Dragonite to safety. Jō then battles the Gyarados with Totodile, feeding the Gyarados berries when it was weakened. However, the Gyarados wasn't ready for the berries and swims off. Jō finds out thatAriana andPetrel were responsible with the Red Gyarados's rampage and battle them. Lance joins in and suggests it to be a Double Battle. During the battle, the Red Gyarados returns and allows Jō to feed it a berry, making the Gyarados happy. Gyarados takes Totodile's place and finishes Ariana'sGloom off. With the two defeated, Jō goes to Team Rocket's hideout.

Jō meets up with the Rocket grunts, including the three he met earlier. The grunts take him on and Tsubaki arrived with his Meganium. The two Trainers have their second rival battle with Totodile once again winning. After the battle, Tsubaki starts to respect Jō and the two work together to defeat Team Rocket.Archer, who was watching the whole thing, sends out his Houndoom and Jō easily defeated it with Totodile, finishing off Team Rocket.

Jō battles the Johto Elite Four and sweeps the first four members, leaving the Champion left. The Champion turned out to be none other than Lance, the Trainer he met at theLake of Rage. Both Jō and Lance give it all they got and in the end, Jō emerges victorious. He battles the Kanto Gym Leaders and is left withBlue. After the battle with Blue, Blue suggests him to go toMt. Silver to meet stronger Pokémon and that a Trainer namedRed is on the summit.

Jō heads to Mt. Silver per Blue's suggestion. He battles the wild Pokémon with his Feraligatr, simultaneously defeating them. Jō is last seen where he meets Red at the top of the mountain, battling him.

Character

Jō is shown to be reckless and abrasive at times, having even slappedTsubaki across the face. Despite this however, he is a caring trainer and has a strong bond with his Pokémon, having saved his Totodile from getting hurt many times.

Pokémon

On hand

Totodile → Croconaw →Feraligatr

Debut	Aim to be the Strongest! The Hot-Blooded Brotherly Combination!!

Main article:Jō's Feraligatr

Jō'sFeraligatr first appeared as aTotodile and is his only known Pokémon. He received Totodile in Professor Elm's lab. It stayed as a Totodile for most of the manga, only evolving while battlingLance.