Bugsy

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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 trainer of Bug-type Pokémon.

Background

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

In Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold and SoulSilver, he was eventually challenged and defeated by Ethan/Lyra. After being defeated, he was impressed by the trainer's performance and realized that his research was not complete yet. He gave the trainer 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 Ethan/Lyra could exchange Pokégear numbers with him there. Bugsy also spent his Fridays at the National Park, where a picture could be taken with him. He also talked about Saturday's Bug-Catching Contest enthusiastically and said that he did not compete in them because he had already won many times. Calling his number on Thursdays (between the hours of 10AM and 8PM) will result in Bugsy appearing at the Fighting Dojo in Saffron City for a rematch.

In Black and White 2, Bugsy competed in the Pokémon World Tournament at Unova, taken part in the Johto Leaders, World Leaders and Type Expert Tournaments.

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

In Black 2 and White 2, his roster for tournament battles can include Scizor, Schuckle, Heracross, Pinsir, Yanmega and either Forrettress (in the Johto Leaders Tournament]]) or Armaldo (in the World Leaders and Type Experts Tournaments).

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

Other Media

• 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. He reappears in the HeartGold/SoulSilver arc, where he, Chuck and Falkner end up attacking Silver due to a misunderstanding, and he later helps Gold and Lance to figure some things out.

Trivia

• His name is a simple play on "bugs". His Japanese name is Tsukushi, which is a play on the Japanese words for 'cicada' and 'insect'.