Ethan (Pokémon Trainer)

Ethan
First Game	Pokémon Gold and Silver
Trainer Class	Pokémon Trainer Player character

Ethan (ヒビキ, Hibiki) is the main playable character in Pokémon Gold and Silver and is the male choice in Pokémon Crystal, Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver. In Crystal, his female counterpart is Kris, while in HeartGold and SoulSilver his female counterpart is Lyra.

Appearances

Pokémon series

Ethan was sent off by his mother to their friendly neighbor Professor Elm. In is lab Elm tells Ethan that his friend Mr. Pokémon has found an egg and that he found. In order go though Ethan needs a Pokémon. So the kind professor lets him choose between Chikorita, Cyndaquil, or Totodile. At Mr. Pokémon's house Ethan gets the Pokédex and a weird egg. Upon leaving Elm calls Ethan and tells him to hurry back to his place. While leaving Cherrygrove City Ethan meets a bully named Silver who stole one of Professor Elm's Pokémon. The two battle and Ethan ends up victorious. Ethan makes it to New Bark Town and informs the cops about Silver. The police depart and Ethan gives the egg to the professor. Elm tells Ethan that he should battle the Gym Leaders from different towns and get Gym badges.

Ethan soon goes to Violet City and makes his way up the Sprout Tower where he meets his rival and battles the Elder. He fights the gym leader known as Falkner and wins. Ethan then discovers Team Rocket in Azalea Town and teams up with Kurt and stops their evil deeds. He keeps on getting stronger and stronger and battles more and more battles. He soon destroys Bugsy in Azlea Town, Whitney in Goldenrod City, Morty in Ecruteak City, Jasmine in Olivine City, Chuck in Cianwood City and every now and again Silver. In Mahagony Town Ethan meets Team Rocket and teams up with some guy named Lance. After they get defeated Ethan battles Pryce and gets the Glacier Badge. Then battles Team Rocket again at the Goldenrod City Radio Station and and gets the Rainbow Wing/Silver Wing. He makes his way through Ice Path and battles Clair the Gym Leader of Blackthorn City. He beats her but Clair refuses to give him the badge. In order to get the badge he must journey into Dragons Den and get the respect of an elder. He does this and gets his last badge and challenges the Elite Four. He fights Will, Koga, Bruno, Karen, and the guy from Mahagony Town Lance. He wins and enters the hall of fame. Soon after Prof. Elm gives him a boarding pass for the S.S. Aqua and Ethan goes to Kanto.

In Kanto Ethan fights the Gym Leaders (Brock, Misty, Lt. Surge, Sabrina, Erika, Janine, Blaine, and Blue) and shows them the power of Johto. He also meets Silver who seems to change his ways and became nice to his Pokémon. Word of his victories goes to Pallet Town and Professor Oak tells him that he should fight a kid he gave a Pokédex to, two years ago. Ethan makes his way through Mt. Silver and finally meets the kid Prof. Oak talked about his name is Red. Ethan battles him and after a tough fight finally defeats him. With this defeat Ethan becomes a Pokémon master.

Trivia

• Gold is the only male player character who does not wear long pants, instead opting for shorts.
• Gold is the only male player character to have two different female counterparts.
• Gold is the main protagonist in Pokemon Puzzle Challenge's Challenge Mode.
• The majority of his Japanese default names from HeartGold and Soul Silver are shared with Red and Lucas. The same holds true for their respective female counterparts.
• Gold and Lyra are the only pseudo-rivals, along with the only rival characters in any game apart from Wally, to not appear to have a starter Pokémon from the professor in that region.
• Gold's sprite in HeartGold and SoulSilver is positioned the same as Lucas's in Platinum.