Eusine
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| Eusine as seen in Pokémon: Crystal Version | |
| Eusine | |
| Species | Human |
| Hair color | Brown |
| Eye color | Blue |
| Debut | Pokémon: Crystal Version |
Eusine is a supporting trainer who uniquely appears in Pokémon: Crystal Version and is known for his obsessive hunting of Suicune.
Background
Eusine was a Pokémon trainer who hailed from Celadon City. However, he became particularly obsessed with tracking and capturing the legendary Pokémon Suicune. He had been hunting Suicune for ten years at the time of Crystal Version. Eusine was first seen examining the Burned Tower with Ecruteak City's gym leader, Morty, due to rumors connecting it with Suicune. Eusine arrived in the tower's basement just after Gold did, and so witnessed Suicune awakening with the other three legendary dogs and scattering across Johto. He felt touched by this moment and thanked Gold before leaving to track Suicune.
Outside Cianwood City, Eusine happened across Gold just after Suicune evaded them both by taking to the seas. He took some time to marvel over several factoids about Suicune and then challenged Gold to a battle in an attempt to win Suicune's respect. He lost and admitted defeat, but congratulated Gold and noted that Pokémon seemed to gravitate to Gold because of how amazing he was. Eusine than endeavored to continue his search for Suicune. Eusine later witnessed Gold's battle with Suciune in the Tin Tower and congratulated him afterwards, gratuitously praising the battle. He also told Gold about rumors that Suicune could attract a rainbow-colored Pokémon and then left to study the legends.
Eusine then returned to his hometown of Cerulean City and spent most of his time in the Pokémon Center there. He told Gold to update him when he caught the other two legendary dog Pokémon. After Gold did so, Eusine told him about rumors involving Ho-Oh reappearing at the Tin Tower, and with his party fully healed he headed back to Ecruteak City. There he witnessed Gold's battle against Ho-Oh and afterwards congratulated him once more, saying that it had turned out as he expected. Realizing that his research was not that bad, he decided to continue studying Pokémon and become a famous Pokémaniac as his new goal.
Pokémon Roster
Eusine uses the following Pokémon in battle:
Other Appearances
- Eusine was featured in an episode of the Pokémon anime, where he attempted to hunt for Suicune in Ecruteak City. His arrogance and obsession with Suicune were played up, with Morty acting as his voice of reason. Eusine becomes angry at Ash when he claims to have seen Suciune, not believing his story and attempting to battle him. At the end of the episode he attempts to catch Suicune when it appears, and disappears soon after it does to continue his search for it. Eusine makes an additional appearance in a Pokémon special where he helps the extra Johto trainers Jimmy, Marina and Vincent against the Team Rocket members Atilla and Hun.
- He appears throughout the Gold/Silver/Crystal arc of the Pokémon Adventures manga. In this incarnation he is somewhat of a showy con man, who specializes in a variety of flashy magic tricks and illusions. He meets Crystal early in her quest when she seeks Suicune, which leads him to declare her as his rival in hunting Suicune. However, they later set aside their differences when Team Rocket also hunts Suicune, as Eusine stays behind to outwit and distract a gang of Team Rocket members while Crystal pursues Suicune. Although she ultimately fails in capturing Suicune, Eusine is able to steal the Clear Bell from the Team Rocket gang, and he later uses it to save Misty and Suicune from The Mask of Ice's death trap. Suicune chooses Crystal over him as its trainer for the final battles, and although he is at first dejected, Eusine seemed to have assured himself when talking to Morty, believing that Suicune would repay him in some way for saving its life.
Trivia
- In battle his trainer class is "Mysticalman", which is his own exclusive class.