Bugsy

The Walking Pokémon Encyclopedia
Bugsy
Species	Human
Hair color	Purple
Eye color	Purple
Base	Azalea Town
Debut	Pokémon: Gold Version/Pokemon: Silver Version

Bugsy is the second gym leader encountered in Pokémon: Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions. He is a Bug type trainer.

Background

Bugsy was the gym leader of the Azalea Town Pokémon gym. Despite his youth, he had an extensive knowledge of Pokémon and underwent frequent researching in hopes of becoming an authority on Bug-type Pokémon.

In Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold and SoulSilver, he was eventually challenged and defeated by Gold. After being defeated, he was impressed and realized her research was not complete yet. So he gave Gold the Hivebadge as well as TM 49: Fury Cutter (or TM 89: U-Turn in HeartGold and SoulSilver). In HeartGold and SoulSilver, he would later travel to the Viridian Forest on Thursdays in search of more Bug-types, and Gold could exchange Pokégear numbers with him there. Bugsy also spent his Fridays at the National Park, where Gold could take a picture with him. He also talked about Saturday's Bug-Catching Contest enthusiastically and said that he did not compete in them because he already won many times. Calling his number on Thursday afternoons will result in Bugsy appearing at the Fighting Dojo in Saffron City for a rematch.

Pokémon Roster

In Gold, Silver and Crystal as well as HeartGold and SoulSilver, Bugsy has the following Pokémon:

• Metapod
• Kakuna
• Scyther

In HeartGold and SoulSilver, he uses the following roster in rematches:

• Scizor
• Shedinja
• Yanmega
• Pinsir
• Heracross
• Vespiquen

Other Games

Bugsy appears as an opponent in the Gym Leader's Castle of Pokémon Stadium 2. In this game his line-up instead contains a Scyther, Butterfree, Beedrill, Weepinbell, Pinsir and Pupitar in R1, or a Raticate, Scyther, Pinsir, Sudowoodo, Quagsire and Heracross in R2.

Bugsy also appears in Pokémon Puzzle Challenge as the second opponent, using a Kakuna in battle.

Other Appearances

• He appeared in one episode of the Pokémon anime where he was defeated by Ash Ketchum.
• Bugsy appears in several chapters of the Pokémon Adventures manga, where is an archeologist. He and Gold first meet at the Ruins of Alph, where they search for Bugsy's missing archeological team, investigate the secrets of the Unown and battle Team Rocket. Gold initially confuses Bugsy with a girl and asks him on a date before being corrected. During the contest between Kanto and Johto gym leaders, Bugsy is paired against Sabrina and despite having a type advantage he ultimately loses to Sabrina's cunning.