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'''Silver''' is a the rival character featured ''[[Pokémon: Gold and Silver Versions|Pokémon Gold, Silver]]'', ''[[Pokémon: Crystal Version|Crystal Versions]]'', ''[[Pokémon: HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions|HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions]]''.

In ''[[Pokémon Masters]]'', Silver was introduced and featured in the Legendary Event "Pure Hearts and Rainbow Wings", through which he and [[Ho-oh]] could be recruited as a playable sync pair. His character arc from the second generation games was referenced, and it was shown that he was still standoffish and refused to recognize Ethan and others as friends rather than rivals. During the event, Silver attempted to search for Ho-oh with Ethan, [[Scottie/Bettie]] and [[Valerie]]. After learning that Ho-oh would only appear before purehearted trainers, Silver became reluctant about taking part, because he did not consider himself to be good enough, as much as Lance attempted to convince him otherwise. Silver eventually confronted Ho-oh, but he abandoned the chance to battle it in favor of helping Ethan and Valerie to fend off a [[Team Break]] ambush. This was enough to prove Silver as purehearted in Ho-oh's eyes, and the Pokémon chose to partner with him. Prior to that, Silver was shown being accompanied by his Sneasel as his partner.

*Within the ''Pokémon'' anime, Silver has only made a cameo appearance in the Japanese opening for the Pokémon Chronicles episode "Legend of Thunder", where Jimmy (the anime version of Gold) was seen looking up angrily at Silver after Silver had defeated his Cyndaquil with a [[Nidoking]]. It is also believed that Paul, a rival character for [[Red#Ash Ketchum|Ash]] in the ''Diamond and Pearl'' series, was loosely based on Silver, due to their similar battling attitudes and some similarities in their physical appearances.

*In the ''Pokémon Adventures'' manga, Silver is originally featured in the ''Gold''/''Silver''/''Crystal'' arc after making a foreshadowing cameo in the last chapter of the ''Yellow'' arc. It is later revealed that as a child he had been captured by [[Pryce|the Mask of Ice]] with [[Lugia]] and raised with other children to serve as his heartless servants. He was paired with [[Green]], but the two were able to escape him. Afterwards they remained in contact as they sought the truths about their parents as well as seeking to bring down the Mask of Ice. He steals Professor Elm's [[Totodile]] as part of this and makes his way across Johto, while being pursued by Gold, although eventually they begin to befriend each other until they are attacked by the Mask of Ice and nearly killed. However, [[Entei]] is able to bring them to safety until Chrystal saves them, and the three unite for the final battles against the Mask of Ice and Team Rocket, with Silver taking down [[Will (Pokemon)|Will]], another of children raised by the Mask of Ice. Silver reappears in ''FireRed''/''LeafGreen'', where Yellow brings Silver to Viridian City to find his parents, knowing that he must have come from there by scanning the memory of the [[Sneasel]] Silver had since childhood. Giovanni is ultimately revealed as Silver's father, and although Silver is initially disgusted by this, Giovanni seemingly sacrifices himself holding Silver above burning wreckage later, with Giovanni's final fate unknown. This causes Silver to begin respecting his father. At the end of the arc he is turned into stone with the other Pokédex-bearing trainers until they are all revived by a wish on [[Jirachi]] at the end of the ''Emerald'' arc, at which point all the Pokédex trainers team up against [[Archie]] and the fake [[Kyogre]]. He later played a large role in the ''HeartGold''/''SoulSilver'' arc. Out of the ten Pokédex trainers, Silver is shown to specialize in Pokémon training.

*Like the previous rival, his name is chosen by the player. The name of Silver was taken from his default names in ''Gold'' and ''Crystal'', based on the naming pattern used for [[Red]] and [[Blue]] for the first generation games. Although the canon name for the male second generation protagonist ultimately turned out to be Ethan rather than Gold, Silver was confirmed as this character's canon name in ''[[Pokémon Masters]]'' in 2020.