Bugsy

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"I'm Bugsy! I never lose when it comes to Bug-type Pokémon. My research is going to make me an authority on Bug-type Pokémon! Let me demonstrate what I've learned from my studies."

— Bugsy, Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Bugsy (Japanese: ツクシ, Hepburn: Tsukushi) is the Gym Leader of the Azalea Town Gym. Beating him earns the player the Hive Badge. He specializes in using Bug-type Pokémon. The player can challenge Bugsy only after Team Rocket is defeated in the Slowpoke Well.

Appearance

Bugsy is an androgynous-looking boy with purple hair and eyes. In the original Gen II games and anime he wore a green camper's outfit (green collared shirt with green shorts suspended by a belt, brown dress shoes and white ankle socks). In Gen IV this is modified to look more like a boy scout outfit (his shirt now has different shades of green, he wears a neckerchief, and he wears yellow-striped knee socks instead).

Biography

Games

He claims to have discovered Fury Cutter move. After the player character defeats him, he will give the player character the Hive Badge TM49 (Fury Cutter) in Gold, Silver and Crystal. In HeartGold and SoulSilver, it is TM89 (U-Turn).

Manga

Main article: Bugsy (Adventures)

Anime

Season 3: The Johto Journeys

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Bugsy, in the anime

Bugsy is the Gym Leader of Azalea Town, who was first yelled at by Misty, due to her fear of bugs. After acknowledgeding Ash's challenge, he sent a Spinarak (who moved with a surprsing grace), a Metapod that could move and his ace, Scyther. Ash defeated him and won the Hive Badge.

Season 4: Johto League Champions

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Bugsy with her Scyther

Bugsy, among other Johto Gym Leaders, appears in the opening scene of Pokémon: Johto League Champions.

Sprites

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Pokémon

Games

Gold, Silver & Crystal

Gym Battle

Metapod		Kakuna		Scyther
Lv. 15	♀	Lv. 14	♂	Lv. 17	♂
Item: None		Item: None		Item: None
-		Harden		Quick Attack		-	-	-
-		Poison Sting		Leer		-	-	-
-		String Shot		Fury Cutter		-	-	-

HeartGold & SoulSilver

Gym Battle & Rematch

• Gym Battle
• Rematch

Kakuna		Metapod		File:Scyther HGSS Male.png Scyther
Lv. 15	♀	Lv. 16	♀	Lv. 17	♀
Ability: Shed Skin		Ability: Shed Skin		Ability: Technician
Item: None		Item: None		Item: None
-		Tackle		Leer		-	-	-
-		String Shot		Focus Energy		-	-	-

Scizor		File:DPPtShedinja.png Shedinja		File:VespiquenHGSSSprite.png Vespiquen		File:Yanmega(Pt)Sprite.png Yanmega		File:HGSSHeracrossMale.png Heracross		Pinsir
Lv. 56	♀	Lv. 50	-	Lv. 52	♀	Lv. 52	♀	Lv. 54	♀	Lv. 54	♀
Ability: Technician		Ability: Wonder Guard		Ability: Pressure		Ability: Tinted Lens		Ability: Guts		Ability: Mold Breaker
Item: Sitrus Berry		Item: None		Item: Sitrus Berry		Item: None		Item: None		Item: None
-		Protect		Protect		Hypnosis		Counter		Rock Tomb
-		Toxic		Sludge Bomb		AncientPower		Stone Edge		Guillotine
-		Shadow Sneak		Heal Order		Air Slash		Close Combat		Stone Edge
-		Swagger		Defend Order		Bug Buzz		Megahorn		X-Scissor

Black 2 & White 2

Tournaments

• Bug-type Tournament
• Johto Gym Leader Tournament/World Leaders Tournament

Scizor		Shuckle		Heracross		Pinsir		Metapod		Yanmega
Lv. 50	♀	Lv. 50	♀	Lv. 50	♀	Lv. 50	♀	Lv. 50	♀	Lv. 50	♀
Ability: Technician		Ability: Sturdy		Ability: Guts		Ability: Mold Breaker		Ability: Shed Skin		Ability: Tinted Lens
Item: Sitrus Berry		Item: Rocky Helmet		Item: Choice Band		Item: Life Orb		Item: Occa Berry		Item: Focus Sash
-		Power Split		Megahorn		X-Scissor		Tackle		Protect
-		Stone Edge		Stone Edge		Bulldoze		String Shot		Bug Buzz
-		Earthquake		Close Combat		Guillotine		Bug Bite		Air Slash
-		Toxic		Shadow Claw		Protect		Harden		Giga Drain

Scizor		Shuckle		Heracross		Pinsir		Metapod		Yanmega
Lv. 50	♀	Lv. 50	♀	Lv. 50	♀	Lv. 50	♀	Lv. 50	♀	Lv. 50	♀
Ability: Technician		Ability: Sturdy		Ability: Guts		Ability: Mold Breaker		Ability: Shed Skin		Ability: Tinted Lens
Item: Occa Berry		Item: Sitrus Berry		Item: Coba Berry		Item: None		Item: Apicot Berry		Item: Charti Berry
-		Struggle Bug		Megahorn		X-Scissor		Tackle		Bug Buzz
-		Gyro Ball		Close Combat		Superpower		String Shot		Psychic
-		Substitute		Stone Edge		Earthquake		Bug Bite		Protect
-		Power Split		Swords Dance		Bulk Up		Iron Defence		Hypnosis

Stadium 2

Gym Leader Castle

• Round 1
• Round 2

File:Scyther HGSS Male.png Scyther		Metapod		Beedrill		Weepinbell		Pinsir
Lv. 50	♂	Lv. 51	♀	Lv. 50	♂	Lv. 50	♀	Lv. 50	♂	Lv. 50	-
Item: PRZCureBerry		Item: MiracleBerry		Item: Mint Berry		Item: Berry		Item: Bitter Berry
-		Tackle		Cut		Razor Leaf		Strength		-
-		String Shot		Twineedle		Sludge Bomb		Submission		-
-		-		Sludge Bomb		Cut		Bind		-
-		-		Poison Sting		Wrap		Seismic Toss		-

File:Scyther HGSS Male.png Scyther		Raticate		Pinsir		Sudowoodo		Quagsire		File:HGSSHeracrossMale.png Heracross
Lv. 50	-	Lv. 50	-	Lv. 50	-	Lv. 50	-	Lv. 50	-	Lv. 50	-
Item: King's Rock		Item: Miracle Berry		Item: Scope Lens		Item: Quick Claw		Item: BrightPowder		Item: Focus Band
-		Roar		Body Slam		Low Kick		Earthquake		Take Down
-		Reversal		Fury Cutter		Strength		AncientPower		Earthquake
-		Super Fang		Seismic Toss		Earthquake		Haze		Reversal
-		Hyper Fang		Submission		Rock Slide		Surf		Megahorn

Manga

		File:HGSSHeracrossMale.png	File:Scyther HGSS Male.png
Kakuna	Metapod	Heracross	Scyther

Anime

On hand

Pokémon	Information
File:Bugsy's Spinarak.jpg		Bugsy's Spinarak battled against Ash's Chikorita during Ash's gym battle for the Hive Badge. Though at a type avantage, Spinarak lost
Spinarak

Pokémon	Information
File:Bugsy's Metapod.png		Bugsy's Metapod battled against Ash's Chikorita during Ash's gym battle for the Hive Badge. Unlike Ash's old Metapod, Bugsy's can move around. It quickly defeated Ash's Chikorita but was beaten by Ash's Pikachu.
Metapod

Pokémon	Information
File:Bugsy's Scyther.jpg		Bugsy's Scyther appeared in a gym battle against Ash's Pikachu. With it's great speed and power it overwhelmed Ash's Pikachu, but lost to his Cyndaquil when it used Flamethrower from above. It's known moves are Swords Dance and Fury Cutter.
Scyther

Takes care of

Pokémon	Information
File:Bugsy's Caterpie.jpg		Caterpie is one of Pokémon residing at Bugsy's Gym. It encountered Team Rocket and wrapped it with strings.
Caterpie

Pokémon	Information
File:Bugsy's Kakuna.jpg		Kakuna is one of Pokémon residing at Bugsy's Gym.
Kakuna

Pokémon	Information
File:Bugsy's Weedle.jpg		Weedle is one of Pokémon residing at Bugsy's Gym. It encountered Team Rocket and wrapped it with strings.
Weedle

Voice Actors

• English: Tara Sands
• Japanese: Hiromi Ishikawa
• Italian: Monica Bonetto
• Polish: Grzegorz Pawlak
• Spanish: Amelia Jara
• Iberian Spanish: Maria Fernanda Morales

Episode appearances

Episode(s)	Title(s)
JE028	Gettin' the Bugs Out

Trivia

• Bugsy's name is a play on the word BUG, since he is a Bug-type Pokémon Trainer.
• Bugsy is the first Gym Leader that specializes in Bug-type Pokémon.
• At first Bugsy appeared to be androgynous, until it was immediately revealed that he is a boy.
• In his HeartGold/SoulSilver artwork, he has pale skin, but in the anime and game sprites, he appears to have normal colored skin. This trait is shared with Pike Queen Lucy.
• In the Anime, Bugsy swapped his Kakuna from the games with a Spinarak.
• Bugsy in Gold/Silver all his Pokémon are male, but in HeartGold/SoulSilver, they are female.

Gallery

Bugsy from the Anime.

Bugsy throwing out a Poke Ball.

A picture with Bugsy at the Poke park.

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Bugsy and Ash split-screen

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