Bugsy ツクシ Tsukushi
"The Walking Bug Pokémon Encyclopedia"
General
Name	Bugsy
Japanese Name	ツクシ Tsukushi
Age	14
Hometown	Azalea Town
Region	Johto
Badge	Hive Badge
Preferred Type	Bug
First Appearance	Anime: JE028: Gettin' the Bugs Out Games:Pokemon Gold and Silver
Class:	Gym Leader

"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 (ツクシ 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.

Contents 1 Sprites 2 Appearance / Design 3 Pokémon 3.1 In the Games 3.1.1 Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal 3.1.2 Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver 3.1.3 Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 3.1.4 Pokémon Stadium 2 3.2 In the Anime 3.3 Manga 4 Gallery 5 Voice Actors 6 Trivia

Sprites

Gen. II	Gen. IV	Challenge Sprite	Gen. V

Appearance / Design

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 vollared 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).

Pokémon

In the Games

Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal

Metapod		Kakuna		Scyther		[[File:{{{P4}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P4}}}]] [[]]  File:Type .gif	[[File:{{{P5}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P5}}}]] [[]]  File:Type .gif	[[File:{{{P6}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P6}}}]] [[]]  File:Type .gif
Lv. 14	♂	Lv. 14	♂	Lv. 16	♂	Lv. ?	-	Lv. ?	-	Lv. ?	-
Ability: Unknown		Ability: Unknown		Ability: Unknown		Ability: Unknown		Ability: Unknown		Ability: Unknown
Item: None		Item: None		Item: None		Item: ?	Item: ?	Item: ?
Tackle		Harden		Quick Attack		-	-	-
String Shot		Poison Sting		Leer		-	-	-
Harden		String Shot		Fury Cutter		-	-	-
-		-		-		-	-	-

Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Kakuna		Metapod		Scyther		[[File:{{{P4}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P4}}}]] [[]]  File:Type .gif	[[File:{{{P5}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P5}}}]] [[]]  File:Type .gif	[[File:{{{P6}}}_BW.gif|link={{{P6}}}]] [[]]  File:Type .gif
Lv. 15	♀	Lv. 15	♀	Lv. 17	♀	Lv. ?	-	Lv. ?	-	Lv. ?	-
Ability: Shed Skin		Ability: Shed Skin		Ability: Technician		Ability: Unknown		Ability: Unknown		Ability: Unknown
Item: None		Item: None		Item: Sitrus Berry		Item: ?	Item: ?	Item: ?
Poison Sting		Tackle		Leer		-	-	-
-		-		Focus Energy		-	-	-
-		-		Quick Attack		-	-	-
-		-		U-Turn		-	-	-

Rematch

Scizor		Shedinja		Vespiquen		Yanmega		Heracross		Pinsir
Lv. 56	♀	Lv. 48	-	Lv. 52	♀	Lv. 52	♀	Lv. 54	♀	Lv. 55	♀
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
Bullet Punch		X-Scissor		Protect		Detect		Counter		Rock Tomb
Swords Dance		Toxic		Confuse Ray		AncientPower		Stone Edge		Guillotine
X-Scissor		Shadow Sneak		Attack Order		Air Slash		Close Combat		Stone Edge
Superpower		Swagger		Defend Order		Bug Buzz		Megahorn		X-Scissor

Pokémon Black 2 and White 2

Bug-type Tournament

Scizor		Shuckle		Heracross		Pinsir		Armaldo		Yanmega
Lv. 50	♀	Lv. 50	♀	Lv. 50	♀	Lv. 50	♀	Lv. 50	♀	Lv. 50	♀
Ability: Technician		Ability: Sturdy		Ability: Guts		Ability: Mold Breaker		Ability: Battle Armor		Ability: Tinted Lens
Item: Sitrus Berry		Item: Rocky Helmet		Item: Choice Band		Item: Life Orb		Item: Quick Claw		Item: Focus Sash
Bullet Punch		Power Split		Megahorn		X-Scissor		Earthquake		Protect
U-turn		Stone Edge		Stone Edge		Bulldoze		Stone Edge		Bug Buzz
Swords Dance		Earthquake		Close Combat		Guillotine		X-Scissor		Air Slash
Acrobatics		Toxic		Shadow Claw		Protect		Swords Dance		Giga Drain

Johto Gym Leader Tournament/World Leaders Tournament

Scizor		Shuckle		Heracross		Pinsir		Forretress		Yanmega
Lv. 50	♀	Lv. 50	♀	Lv. 50	♀	Lv. 50	♀	Lv. 50	♀	Lv. 50	♀
Ability: Technician		Ability: Sturdy		Ability: Guts		Ability: Mold Breaker		Ability: Sturdy		Ability: Tinted Lens
Item: Occa Berry		Item: Sitrus Berry		Item: Coba Berry		Item: Liechi Berry		Item: Apicot Berry		Item: Charti Berry
Bullet Punch		Struggle Bug		Megahorn		X-Scissor		Struggle Bug		Bug Buzz
X-Scissor		Gyro Ball		Close Combat		Superpower		Gyro Ball		Psychic
Aerial Ace		Substitute		Stone Edge		Earthquake		Pain Split		Protect
Swords Dance		Power Split		Swords Dance		Bulk Up		Stealth Rock		Hypnosis

Pokémon Stadium 2

Round 1

Scyther		Butterfree		Beedrill		Weepinbell		Pinsir		Pupitar
Lv. 50	♂	Lv. 50	♀	Lv. 50	♂	Lv. 50	♀	Lv. 50	♂	Lv. 50	♂
Ability: Unknown		Ability: Unknown		Ability: Unknown		Ability: Unknown		Ability: Unknown		Ability: Unknown
Item: PRZCureBerry		Item: PSNCureBerry		Item: Mint Berry		Item: Berry		Item: Bitter Berry		Item: Ice Berry
Fury Cutter		Psychic		Cut		Razor Leaf		Strength		Rock Slide
Slash		Giga Drain		Twineedle		Sludge Bomb		Submission		Earthquake
Wing Attack		Gust		Sludge Bomb		Cut		Bind		Headbutt
Hyper Beam		Nightmare		Poison Sting		Wrap		Seismic Toss		Sleep Talk

Round 2

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

In the Anime

Pokémon Information 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 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 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

Manga

Kakuna	Metapod	Heracross	Scyther

Gallery

Voice Actors

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

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.

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