This article is about the player character. For other uses, seeMichael (disambiguation).

Michael リュウトRyūto
Artwork from Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
Age	Teenager[1]
Gender	Male
Eye color	Green
Hair color	Red
Hometown	Pokémon HQ Lab
Region	Orre
Relatives	Jovi (little sister),Lily (mother), unnamed father (deceased)
Trainer class	Pokémon Trainer,player character
Generation	III
Games	XD: Gale of Darkness

Michael (Japanese:リュウトRyūto) is the protagonist ofPokémon XD: Gale of Darkness. Like most protagonists, his name is customizable.

Michael has aSnag Machine similar to that ofPokémon Colosseum's hero,Wes, and anAura Reader, which makes the dark auras exuded byShadow Pokémon visible as they were to Wes's companion,Rui. He is given these at the beginning of the game.

Storyline

Michael lives atProfessor Krane's Pokémon lab inOrre with his mother,Lily, who works for Professor Krane, and his sister,Jovi. He is an up-and-coming Trainer ready for his own journey with hisEevee, a Pokémon entrusted to him by his late father. Traveling across Orre, he seeks to defeat the criminal organizationCipher, which is now under Grand MasterGreevil's plot to wield an army of Shadow Pokémon in order to rule the world.

Not only does Michael successfully defeat all of theCipher Peons andAdmins whom he encounters, but he also snags the Shadow Pokémon in their possession. His final feat is the capture of Greevil's full-fledged team of Shadow Pokémon, includingXD001. His achievement brings about the disbandment of Cipher, at least under Greevil andEldes's leadership.

During the game, Michael's father is mentioned multiple times as a distinguished public figure, but he is in fact deceased. This makes Michael similar toMay andBrendan, one of whose father is aGym Leader and the other aPokémon Professor, but also to otherplayer characters whose fathers are not present.

While Michael's adventures in Orre take place during Generation III, he encounters twoGeneration IV Pokémon,Munchlax andBonsly, with Bonsly being used inBattle Bingo and Munchlax appearing outside of battle.

Pokémon

Eevee♂/♀Lv.10

Type:

Normal

Ability:

Run Away

Held item:

None

Effort levels:

Tackle

Normal

Status

Tail Whip

Normal

Status

Bite

Dark

Status

Sand-Attack

Ground

Status

Gallery

Artwork

Alternate art from Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness

Optional names

Trivia

• When snagging aShadow Pokémon, Michael uses his left hand to throw a Snag Ball. However, when sending out his own Pokémon or attempting to capture awild Pokémon, he uses his right hand.
  • This may indicate that he is primarily right-handed, and that theSnag Machine is on his non-dominant hand out of necessity.
• TheStrategy Memo's size comparison suggests that Michael is about 4'07" (1.4 m).
• During thedevelopment of Pokémon XD, Michael was going to have aVaporeon andJolteon as his first Pokémon instead.
• In the demo of Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness; Michael hasGardevoir andParasect on his team, both at level 40.

In other languages

References

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.

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