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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.
Video Games
Bugsy appears in Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold, and SoulSilver taking on the role of the gym leader in the Azalea Gym. The player may only challenge Bugsy after defeating Team Rocket in the Slowpoke Well. He has been given the title of "The Walking Bug Pokémon Encyclopedia" and credited the discovery of Fury Cutter. After the player defeats him, he will give the player the Hive Badge and a Bug-Type move Technical Machine: TM49 (Fury Cutter) in Gold, Silver, and Crystal and TM89 (U-Turn) in HeartGold and SoulSilver.
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
Anime
Season 3: The Johto Journeys
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.
Sprites
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Pokémon
Games
Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal
File:Metapod(G)Sprite.png Metapod |
File:Kakuna(G)Sprite.png Kakuna |
File:Scyther(S)Sprite.png Scyther
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Lv. 15 | ♀ | Lv. 14 | ♂ | Lv. 17 | ♂
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Item: None | Item: None
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- | Harden | Quick Attack | |||
- | Poison Sting | Leer | |||
- | String Shot | Fury Cutter |
Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver
File:Kakuna HGSS.png Kakuna |
File:Metapod HGSS.png Metapod |
File:Scyther HGSS Male.png Scyther
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Lv. 15 | ♀ | Lv. 16 | ♀ | Lv. 17 | ♀
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Ability: Shed Skin | Ability: Shed Skin | Ability: Technician
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Item: None | Item: None
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- | Tackle | Leer | |||
- | String Shot | Focus Energy |
Rematch
File:ScizorHGSSSprite.png Scizor |
File:DPPtShedinja.png Shedinja |
File:VespiquenHGSSSprite.png Vespiquen |
File:Yanmega(Pt)Sprite.png Yanmega |
File:HGSSHeracrossMale.png Heracross |
File:Pinsir HGSS.png 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: 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 |
Pokémon Black 2 and White 2
- Bug-type 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: 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 |
- 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: 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 |
Pokémon Stadium 2
Round 1
File:Scyther HGSS Male.png Scyther |
File:Metapod HGSS.png Metapod |
File:Beedrill HGSS.png Beedrill |
File:WeepinbellHGSSSprite.png Weepinbell |
File:Pinsir HGSS.png Pinsir | |||||
Lv. 50 | ♂ | Lv. 51 | ♀ | Lv. 50 | ♂ | Lv. 50 | ♀ | Lv. 50 | ♂ |
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 |
Round 2
File:Scyther HGSS Male.png Scyther |
File:Raticate HGSS.png Raticate |
File:Pinsir HGSS.png Pinsir |
File:HGSSSudowoodoSprite.png Sudowoodo |
Quagsire |
File:HGSSHeracrossMale.png Heracross | ||||||
Lv. 50 | - | Lv. 50 | - | Lv. 50 | - | Lv. 50 | - | Lv. 50 | - | Lv. 50 | - |
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 |
Anime
On hand
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 |
Takes care of
Pokémon | Information | |
Caterpie is one of Pokémon residing at Bugsy's Gym. It encountered Team Rocket and wrapped it with strings. | ||
Caterpie |
Pokémon | Information | |
Kakuna is one of Pokémon residing at Bugsy's Gym. | ||
Kakuna |
Pokémon | Information | |
Weedle is one of Pokémon residing at Bugsy's Gym. It encountered Team Rocket and wrapped it with strings. | ||
Weedle |
Pokémon | Information | |
Spinarak is one of Pokémon residing at Bugsy's Gym. It encountered Team Rocket and wrapped it with strings. | ||
Spinarak |
Pokémon | Information | |
Metapod is one of Pokémon residing at Bugsy's Gym. It encountered Team Rocket and wrapped it with strings. | ||
Metapod |
Manga
File:Kakuna(HGSS)Sprite.png | File:HGSS Metapod Sprite.png | File:HGSSHeracrossMale.png | File:Scyther HGSS Male.png |
Kakuna | Metapod | Heracross | Scyther |
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) |
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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
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