Silver シルバーSilver
Silver in theHeartGold & SoulSilver arc
Age	16-17 (as of theOmega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire arc)
Gender	Male
Birthday	December 24
Blood type	AB
Eye color	Silver
Hair color	Red
Hometown	Viridian City
Region	Johto(originallyKanto)
Relatives	Giovanni (Father)
Trainer class	Trainer
Game counterpart	Silver

Silver (Japanese:シルバーSilver) is amain character inPokémon Adventures.

Character

As a child, Silver was kidnapped by theMasked Man along with several other children. There, he met and befriended a young girl namedGreen. After spending several years being trained by the Masked Man, Green led an operation for her and Silver to escape the Masked Man when his guard was down. After successfully managing to run away, the two began to work together to put an end to the Masked Man's ambitions.

Silver's special skill, as described byProfessor Oak, is Pokémon trading (taught to him when he was with the Masked Man), and he is known as the "Exchanger" (換える者Exchanger).

History

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

Background

As revealed in theFireRed & LeafGreen arc, Silver is the son ofGiovanni,Team Rocket's boss.

As a young child, Silver was kidnapped by theMasked Man to serve under him. It was there that he met and befriendedGreen, and together they escaped from the Masked Man and parted ways, but not before Silver gave Green his Horsea and received her Snubbull.

Yellow arc

At the end of this arc, Silver was the one who told Green of Lance's plan to summon a bird, although at this point he had not been identified yet in the manga. Silver and Green believed that it was theHo-Oh that kidnapped them as children, making Green think that the Elite Four was behind her kidnapping. In fact, Lance wanted to summon aLugia so Silver was technically wrong. Green decided to meet back up with him in Johto.

Between theYellow andGold, Silver & Crystal arcs

As seen in a flashback inReturning Pupitar, in Silver's quest to take down theMasked Man andTeam Rocket, he allied himself withLance. He gave Silver advice on how to defeatTeam Rocket inJohto, as well as aPupitar.

Gold, Silver & Crystal arc

Silver stole aTotodile fromProfessor Elm's lab. In stealing the Pokémon, Silver made himself a rival inGold, who thought that he was the one who stole hisbackpack that had all of his Pokémon in it and later because of his theft ofTotodile. Before they could finish their first battle which had taken place at Professor Elm's lab right after Silver stole Totodile, Gold was knocked unconscious by several members ofTeam Rocket, who Silver subsequently defeated. During the battle, Gold was able to burn his hand forcing Silver to throw one of his gloves off. As a result, Gold learned from the name emblazoned in the glove that the boy's name was Silver. Gold then tried to track him down for a while after learning fromProfessor Oak that Silver stole aPokédex as well.

Silver then goes to Violet City and talks to Lance in the Sprout Tower, running into Gold along the way and almost losing Totodile, until it was revealed that Totodile actually wants to stay with Silver because it bit Gold when he tried to get it back. When an iron wrecking ball was launched at them, Silver and Gold teamed up with their respective first partner Pokémon (Exbo and Totodile) to destroy the ball by rapidly heating the ball and then cooling it. Silver then disappeared again, with Totodile evolving intoCroconaw.

Silver then takes a Black Apricorn toKurt, who makes aHeavy Ball for him, saying that he only gives his Balls to Trainers he feels are qualified and that Silver is good enough. Silver used this Heavy Ball to capture anUrsaring. However, Gold ran into him while he was in the middle of the capture. Gold got in his way several times (for example when Aibo ran into Silver and made him drop his Heavy Ball). Silver then told Gold how to properly use Kurt's Balls. He stated that every Pokémon has a point that the Trainer must hit with the Ball in order for it to work (for Teddiursa, the crescent moon on its forehead and for Ursaring, its belly, for example). Gold repaid Silver by using hisFriend Ball and billiard cue to knock back Silver's Heavy Ball, and were both able to catch their targets. Silver then, once again, disappeared. He appeared at the Slowpoke Well in the middle of Team Rocket's Slowpoke Tail scam and defeated all of the Grunts single-handedly. Ursaring's claw marks were seen on one part of the well, so people quickly realized that it was him.

Silver then appears in Ecruteak City, looking over the damage from the air with hisMurkrow. Jasmine'sAmphy's flare then caught Silver's attention and he found her in theTin Tower and decided to help her, only to run into Gold who thought he did harm to her instead. Before Gold could spark a battle, Silver just handed her over to him and left. However a mudslide left them trapped in the tower but Silver got Gold'sPolibo to evolve into a Politoed and get them out right before they drowned in the silt, only to find out Team Rocket was the cause of the earthquake. Once Silver and Gold defeat the grunts they retreat and Gold requests a battle, to which Silver accepts. After a long battle he reveals several new additions to his team, aKingdra that evolved during the exchange with Politoed, and aTyranitar that wasn't his and thereby, could not control. He almost defeated Gold's whole team with it, butTogebo was able to defeat the Tyranitar.

The two boys eventually realized they share a common goal, however, as Gold was also trying to defeat the Masked Man. Together, Gold and Silver battled the villain at theLake of Rage. It was here that the Masked Man revealed Silver's past to Gold; how he was kidnapped by him as a child. With Silver finding out about his origin, he gained Gold's sympathy and respect. The two bounced back but were defeated, with their fates left unknown for a while.

It is later revealed they were inWhirl Islands, unconscious for a long time and watched over by Entei. They were found byLt. Surge, and also metCrystal and battled aLugia that started attacking them, but failed to catch it. Silver then headed to the opening ceremony of the Pokémon League in an attempt to find the Masked Man, butGreenteleported him away from there to save him.

In the final confrontation inIlex Forest, Silver foughtWill and won. Later, together with Gold and Crystal, he dove afterPryce into the time portal. ThePokédex holders made it out unharmed, but Pryce was stuck inside.

FireRed & LeafGreen arc

In the FireRed & LeafGreen arc, inspired byGreen meeting her parents, Silver renews his quest to find the truth about his own past. This journey takes him toViridian City, where he meetsYellow, who reads the mind of hisSneasel, who has a memory of the statue of Giovanni that further supports Silver's theory that he grew up in Viridian.

Soon, two admins ofTeam Rocket,Sird andOrm, arrive and confronted Yellow and Silver in battle. After the battle, Sird revealed thatGiovanni is, in fact, the father of Silver. After hearing this, Silver fainted and was taken by Sird to theTeam Rocket airship in order to reunite the boy with his father. When he awakes, Silver refuses to accept that Giovanni is his father and that he is the heir of Team Rocket.

Although Silver was initially unhappy about his true heritage,Blue helped him realize that Giovanni has his good qualities, and Silver uses hisUrsaring to help rescue his father. He then helped the other Pokédex holders supportRed to keep the airship from crashing inVermilion City. They celebrated the victory, but soon after their win, Sird turns Silver and his friends to statues with a beam intended forDeoxys.

Emerald arc

Silver remains a statue for most of this arc, and is only set free towards the end, whenEmerald wishesJirachi to do so. Along with the other Pokédex holders, Silver then joins the fight againstGuile Hideout and his Feraligatr helps obliterate the giantKyogre-shaped sea demon with its newly learnedHydro Cannon.

HeartGold & SoulSilver arc

In the HeartGold & SoulSilver arc, Silver flies to the Whirl Islands and enters Lance's chamber with the help of his Pokémon. There, he tries calling out to Lance to ask him about the apparent revival of Team Rocket, but gets no answer. He is attacked by the Blackthorn Gym Leader,Clair, who is also searching for the currently missing Lance. They are attacked by a large group ofKoffing, but Silver easily defeats them with his Pokémon. When one of the Koffing tries to escape, Silver has his Sneasel take the item it was holding in its mouth, aPlate. After his Sneasel and Murkrow evolve into Weavile and Honchkrow, respectively, Silver flies off to theSafari Zone after getting a clue to Lance's current whereabouts.

After arriving at the Safari Zone, Silver encountersEusine, who is trying to sell his poorly-drawn images ofSuicune. There, they are attacked byPetrel, one of theExecutives of Team Rocket. Silver manages to defeat Petrel, and takes the Plates he had in his possession. After Petrel escapes, Silver tries to search for more of the Plates, but is unable to find any. Soon after, he encounters Crystal, who came to the Safari Zone on a trip with the children from theorphanage she works at. Upon Eusine's suggestion, Silver and Crystal decide to go meet the Ecruteak Gym Leader,Morty, who can find Lance with his psychic powers. After arriving atRoute 38, Silver is pinned to a tree by another of the Team Rocket Executives,Ariana. As Crystal battles Ariana alone, Silver manages to piece together that the Plates each correspond to sixteen of the seventeen Pokémon types.

With this knowledge, Silver gives the Earth Plate he stole from Petrel to hisRhyperior. He has Rhyperior attack Ariana with a powerfulEarth Power, which manages to distract her long enough for him to escape. Although he regrets having to leave Crystal behind, Silver decides to go to the Ecruteak Gym and go to Morty. Upon arriving at the Gym, Silver is approached by the Gym Leaders of the Violet, Cianwood, and Azalea Gyms,Falkner,Chuck, andBugsy. They reveal that because of several requests to use Morty's powers, they have been asked to guard the Gym for him. Due to not having time, Silver is forced to battle the three, but the battle is ended once it's revealed that Silver's Rhyperior is the Rhydon that Blue used to own.

Silver reveals that after the events of theEmerald arc, he and Blue went to his hideout to get his father. However, due to it being over several months since he had Ursaring bring Giovanni there, the both of them are missing. Although they failed to find Giovanni, Silver has Blue trade his Rhyperior to him, allowing it to evolve into its final form. Blue decides to let Silver keep Rhyperior, as he needs a sixth Pokémon to replace Ursaring.

Chuck, being Blue's former master, decides to allow Silver into the Gym because Blue is friends with Silver. Upon entering the Gym, Silver is shocked to see Gold is there as well. Before Silver can ask Morty to help him, the legendary Pokémon,Arceus appears and blows away the Gym with a powerful attack. The attack knocks Silver and Morty unconscious, while Gold goes to face Arceus by himself. Later, Silver awakens in the destroyed Ecruteak Gym and prepares to go and follow Gold. Before he leaves, Silver has Morty use his clairvoyance to map out each of the locations of all the remaining Plates. Silver has his Weavile carve marks into trees, which are then picked up by other wildSneasel andWeavile all around Johto. As he goes to obtain the remaining Plates, Silver calls Gold to find out his location so that he can arrive there after finishing his mission. Sometime later, with the help of the wild and trained Sneasel and Weavile of Johto, Silver obtains the remaining thirteen Plates and goes off to find Gold. Soon after, he finds Crystal, injured after a battle with Arceus and left on top of a tree.

He thanks Crystal for helping hold back Team Rocket and takes her to the Ruins of Alph, where Gold currently is. Upon arriving, they find Gold in battle with Arceus and rush in to help him. Arceus reacts to the Plates inside Silver's pocket, which causes it to send Silver, Gold, Crystal, and the Executives into a snow-filled area called theSinjoh Ruins.

Upon entering, Silver, Gold, and Crystal find Arceus being dragged onto the Mystri Stage by the Executives' Pokémon. With Arceus as their hostage, the Executives force Silver to hand over his Plates. Silver and the others try to stop the Executives, but are blocked by Petrel, Ariana, and Proton, who stall them long enough forArcher to use the Plates to activate Arceus'Multitype Ability.With the power of Arceus's different types, Archer wreaks havoc while Silver, Crystal and Gold are powerless to stop him. Soon, Archer reveals his true plan with Arceus: to re-create the legendary Pokémon,Dialga,Palkia, andGiratina for their boss, Giovanni. Hearing Giovanni's name startles Silver, which allows Petrel to sneak up on him and reveal that he learned that Silver is the son of Giovanni because of Carr.

Petrel has hisGolbat useLick on Silver, which blinds Silver and paralyzes his throat, making him mute. Petrel reveals that he intends to betray his teammates by convincing Giovanni that he tried to protect the injured Silver from Archer and the others who had harmed him. Although Silver questions why he would go along with the plan, Petrel reveals that since Silver is Giovanni's son, he will most likely turn out as evil as his father. Silver realizes that Petrel is right, and that he cannot escape his fate of being connected to evil. Silver decides to kill himself by jumping towards the three Pokémon being created by Arceus, forcing Petrel to try and stop him. Crystal tries to stop Silver, but Gold reveals that it's all a ruse, and that Silver lent his Feraligatr to him. With the power of the Ultimate Moves, Gold and Crystal destroy the Pokémon that Arceus created.

Having stopped Team Rocket's plan, Arceus sends the Executives flying and completes itself by absorbing the Plates. After Crystal heals Silver with Parasee, the three are shocked to find the pieces of Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina that were destroyed are quickly reforming. Archer reveals that even though they appeared to have destroyed the trio, all they did was temporarily stop the process from completing. Since Arceus had finished completing itself, the process that created Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina started again, allowing it to finish. Archer begins going crazy, and begins claiming that everything is destined; the creation of Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina, Arceus completing itself, the world becoming Team Rocket's, all destined. His insanity begins to scare his teammates, which leads to Petrel attempting to escape by disguising himself as Giovanni.

Then, Giovanni appears before all of them, but Silver quickly assumes it's just a disguised Petrel. The real Petrel appears with his disguised ripped apart by Silver's Ursaring, revealing Giovanni to be the real one. Giovanni reveals that he didn't come alone, as Lance and Pryce soon join him. The three Trainers begin combating the Pokémon, and manage to hold them off for a little while. When Gold questions how Pryce returned, the man reveals that the one who saved him from the crack in time was Celebi, who could see the destruction that Arceus would bring with the legendary Pokémon it created.

When Giovanni, Lance, and Pryce take their battle outside, Silver and Crystal follow them, while Gold stays behind to calm Arceus down. Giovanni's disease begins affecting him, forcing Silver to step in and defend his ailing father from Giratina. After Gold calms Arceus down, Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina leave, ending the battle completely. After Giovanni gets his disease cured, he offers Silver a position in Team Rocket. Silver refuses, and instead decides to get stronger so that he can one day change his father's evil ways. Proud of his son's decision, Giovanni entrusts Lance and Pryce to train Silver so that he may one day face his son in combat.

Later, Silver gains in interest inProteam Omega, a show that was created by theRadio Director. Much to Gold's annoyance, Silver begins frequently visiting Gold's house to use his television.

Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire arc

InPS616, Silver, along with Gold and Crystal, was called by Emerald to ask for assistance in destroying a giantmeteoroid threatening to destroy the world.

Diamond & Pearl arc

InHigh-tailing It from Haunter, Silver was briefly seen together with the otherPokédex holders fromKanto,Johto, andHoenn when theAdvanced level Grunt was talking toDiamond about thePokédex.

InDouble Trouble with Dialga and Palkia IV, at theSpear Pillar, Sird told the Team GalacticCommanders about how she escaped from Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, and Silver by turning them into stone with herDarkrai.

Pokémon

On hand

Sneasel →Weavile♂

Debut	Who Gives a Hoothoot?

Main article:Silver's Weavile

Weavile is Silver's first known Pokémon that has been with him ever since he was aSneasel. Weavile, along with his Trainer, was kidnapped by theMasked Man so that he may use them for his evil plans. InDealing With A Koffing Fit, he evolved into a Weavile with the help of aRazor Claw given to him fromGreen. As ofAll About Arceus III, he is at level 84, has a Quirkynature, and hisCharacteristic is "likes to fight."

Horsea → Seadra →Kingdra♀

Debut	Zap! Zap! Zapdos!

Kingdra was given toGreen as aHorsea in exchange for herSnubbull before they parted ways after escaping theMasked Man. While on Green's team, she was nicknamed 「タッちゃん」Tat-chan in the Japanese version. Sometime after theYellow arc, she was given back and evolved into aSeadra. InAmpharos Amore, Silver temporarily traded his Seadra forGold'sPolibo, which caused both to evolve into Kingdra andPolitoed, respectively. As ofAll About Arceus III, she is at level 80, has a Serious nature, and herCharacteristic is "takes plenty of siestas."

Kingdra's known moves areSmokescreen,Water Gun,Twister,Waterfall, andBrine, and her Ability isSwift Swim.

Murkrow →Honchkrow♂

Debut	Quilava Quandary

Main article:Silver's Honchkrow

Honchkrow is Silver's main means of aerial transportation. He has been with Silver ever since he was aMurkrow and evolved inDealing With A Koffing Fit with aDusk Stone given to him fromGreen. As ofAll About Arceus III, he is at level 79, has an Adamantnature, and hisCharacteristic is "quick tempered."

Totodile → Croconaw →Feraligatr♂

Debut	Murkrow Row

Main article:Silver's Feraligatr

Feraligatr was one of the three first partner Pokémon owned byProfessor Elm when he was aTotodile. After being stolen by Silver, Totodile evolved into aCroconaw inTotodile Rock and later a Feraligatr inLively Lugia (Part 3). As ofAll About Arceus III, he is at level 83, has a Quietnature, and hisCharacteristic is "thoroughly cunning."

Gyarados♂ 

Debut	Raise the Red Gyarados

Main article:Silver's Gyarados

ThisGyarados was the leader of a pack of wildGyarados that were forced to evolve due toTeam Rocket's meddling at theLake of Rage. Silver battled and captured the Gyarados, which gave him control over the Gyarados pack as well. As ofAll About Arceus III, he is at level 80, has a Sassynature, and hisCharacteristic is "likes to thrash about."

With Giovanni

Ursaring♂

Debut	Teddiursa's Picnic

Main article:Silver's Ursaring

Silver'sUrsaring was caught by Silver with one ofKurt'sHeavy Balls since he considered Silver, unlike Gold, a worthyTrainer. Ursaring had been since told to takeGiovanni to a place to heal by Silver. He is currently with Giovanni. As ofThe Last Battle XIV, he is at level 44.

Traded

Polibo♂

Debut	Murkrow Row

Main article:Polibo

Silver had Gold tradePolibo to him for Kingdra so he would evolve into aPolitoed and allow them to escape from a collapsing building. They traded back immediately after.

• Silver traded an unknown Pokémon toBlue inRaising the Stakes with Rhyperior for hisRhydon.

Returned

Snubbull♂

Debut	The Might of... Metapod?!

Snubbull had previously been Green's but was traded for Horsea before they parted ways after escaping the Masked Man. He returned Snubbull sometime during theYellow arc. He has since evolved into aGranbull.

Pupitar →Tyranitar♂

Debut	Tyranitar War

Lance gave hisTyranitar to Silver when he was aPupitar. Tyranitar made his first official appearance when Silver was battling Gold and easily defeated Gold's entire team until he got subdued byTogebo'sDouble-Edge. After battling Lugia at the Whirl Islands, Tyranitar was returned to Lance as Silver was not able to fully control him.

Tyranitar's only known move isSandstorm, and hisAbility isSand Stream as a Tyranitar andShed Skin as a Pupitar. He has a Quirky nature.

Rhydon →Rhyperior♂

Debut	Rock, Paper...Scizor

Main article:Blue's Rhyperior

Rhyperior was captured by Blue as aRhydon. In the Indigo League preliminary rounds, Rhydon was used against Chuck, Blue's former teacher. Despite being recently captured, Blue trained Rhydon to a high level with a combination of his abilities and book written by Giovanni calledSecret Earth Arts. With these, Blue managed to defeat Chuck, earning a win for the Kanto Gym Leaders. In the HeartGold & SoulSilver arc, Rhydon was traded to Silver to replace his missingUrsaring. With theProtector he held, Rhydon evolved into Rhyperior. Sometime before the X & Y arc, Silver returned Rhyperior to Blue. As ofAll About Arceus III, he is at level 81 and has a Mildnature.

Temporary

Gyarados (multiple)

Debut	Raise the Red Gyarados

TheseGyarados were forced to evolve due toTeam Rocket's meddling at theLake of Rage. Silver having had captured the Red Gyarados, had set them free from their mind control. Later as the Masked Man had Silver in a trap, Silver reveals that he fell into his trap, which he then called his Gyarados out of his Poké Ball to let him control the Gyarados in the lake which they surrounded the Masked Man. Later after Gold had caught up to Silver they were all revealed to be frozen in the lake. After the lake had returned to normal it is presumed that they were living normally now.

None of Gyarados's moves are known.

Entei

Debut	Slugging It Out with Slugma

Main article:Legendary beasts (Adventures) → Entei

AfterEntei saved Gold, Silver, and Crystal after their battle with Lugia at the Whirl Islands Silver observed it and wished to catch it. He battled it alongside Blue at Indigo Plateau but disappeared before the battle ended. It then joined forces with Silver when theLegendary beasts and Johto Pokédex holders teamed up and entered the voids of time after theMasked Man.

Achievements

Badges obtained

To gain entrance into the Pokémon League, Silver stole all eight Johto Badges while the Gym Leaders were gone. As ofAll About Arceus IX, all Badges have been returned to their proper owners.

• Zephyr Badge (prior toPlayful Porygon2; returned inAll About Arceus I)
• Hive Badge (prior toPlayful Porygon2; returned inAll About Arceus I)
• Fog Badge (prior toPlayful Porygon2; returned inAll About Arceus I)
• Storm Badge (prior toPlayful Porygon2; returned inAll About Arceus I)
• Mineral Badge (prior toPlayful Porygon2; returned inAll About Arceus I)
• Rising Badge (prior toPlayful Porygon2; returned inDealing With A Koffing Fit)
• Plain Badge (prior toPlayful Porygon2; returned inAll About Arceus IX)
• Glacier Badge (prior toPlayful Porygon2; returned inAll About Arceus IX)

Trivia

• Although Silver is thePokédex holder whose special skill isPokémontrading, he is not the holder with the most Pokémon that have evolved via trade, as he has only hisKingdra andRhyperior. Instead, this superlative is taken byBlue, with four:Scizor,Machamp,Porygon2, and Rhyperior.
• Silver has owned more Pokémon with a uniquetype combination than any other Pokédex holder, with five.
• In Japanese, Silver's title "Exchanger" (換える者Exchanger) has the same pronunciation as Green's title "Evolver" (化える者Evolver).
• Silver is 5'7" (170 cm) tall and weighs 116 lbs (53 kg).
• Except in very rare cases of genetic mutation, a person with type O blood cannot produce a child with type AB, regardless of the other parent's blood type. Since Silver's blood type is listed as AB and Giovanni's blood type is O, this means it would be nearly impossible for Giovanni to be his father in real life.

Names

Exchanger

External links

• Pokémon Adventures website on Silver (Japanese)
• Pokémon Adventures website on HGSS Silver (Japanese)

Related articles

• Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
• Giovanni (Adventures)

Silver'sPokémon
On hand:	Weavile	Kingdra	Honchkrow	Feraligatr	Gyarados
WithGiovanni:	Ursaring
Traded:	Polibo	Unknown
Returned:	Snubbull	Tyranitar	Rhyperior
Temporary:	Gyarados (multiple)	Entei

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