Firebreather (Trainer class)
Firebreather ひふきやろう Fire-breathing Guy | |
Art from Gold and Silver | |
Introduced in | Generation II |
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Appears in | Gold, Silver, and Crystal HeartGold and SoulSilver Stadium 2 |
Gender | Male |
Notable members | Infernando |
Animated debut | A Ghost of a Chance! (Animated series) Buddy (Twilight Wings) |
Manga debut | Just a Spearow Carrier (Adventures) Let's Aim For The Goal (Golden Boys) |
A Firebreather (Japanese: ひふきやろう Fire-breathing Guy) is a type of Pokémon Trainer that first debuted in the Generation II games. In Generation II, they were depicted as overweight clowns spewing out flames, while HeartGold and SoulSilver redesigned them and they now wear clothing designed after Magmar.
They specialize in Fire-type Pokémon. They may, however, also use Poison-type Pokémon that produce smoke, like Koffing and Weezing. In Pokémon Stadium 2, they specialize in Pokémon that know Sunny Day.
Gallery
Sprites
In the core series
Prototype sprite from Spaceworld '97 demo |
Sprite from Generation II |
Sprite from HeartGold and SoulSilver |
Overworld sprite from Generation II |
Overworld sprite from HeartGold and SoulSilver |
In other games
Portrait from Stadium 2 |
Trainer list
Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal
Trainer name | Battle | Winnings | Pokémon | |||||
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Firebreather Bill | Initial battle | $288 | Lv.6 |
Lv.6 |
------- | ------- | ------- | ------- |
Firebreather Burt | Initial battle | $1536 | Lv.32 |
Lv.32 |
------- | ------- | ------- | ------- |
Firebreather DickGS | Initial battle | $816 | Lv.17 |
------- | ------- | ------- | ------- | ------- |
Firebreather Lyle | Initial battle | $1344 | Lv.28 |
Lv.28 |
Lv.28 |
------- | ------- | ------- |
Firebreather NedGS | Initial battle | $720 | Lv.15 |
Lv.16 |
Lv.15 |
------- | ------- | ------- |
Firebreather Otis | Initial battle | $1392 | Lv.29 |
Lv.32 |
Lv.29 |
------- | ------- | ------- |
Firebreather Ray | Initial battle | $246 | Lv.9 |
------- | ------- | ------- | ------- | ------- |
Firebreather Walt | Initial battle | $624 | Lv.11 |
Lv.13 |
------- | ------- | ------- | ------- |
Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver
Trainer name | Battle | Winnings | Pokémon | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Firebreather Bill | Initial battle | $192 | Lv.6 |
Lv.6 |
------- | ------- | ------- | ------- |
Firebreather Burt | Initial battle | $1440 | Lv.42 |
Lv.45 |
------- | ------- | ------- | ------- |
Firebreather Lyle | Initial battle | $1152 | Lv.36 |
Lv.39 |
Lv.36 |
------- | ------- | ------- |
Firebreather Ned | Initial battle | $512 | Lv.16 |
Lv.16 |
Lv.17 |
------- | ------- | ------- |
Firebreather Otis | Initial battle | $1504 | Lv.43 |
Lv.47 |
Lv.40 |
------- | ------- | ------- |
Firebreather Ray | Initial battle | $288 | Lv.9 |
------- | ------- | ------- | ------- | ------- |
Firebreather Richard | Initial battle | $576 | Lv.18 |
------- | ------- | ------- | ------- | ------- |
Firebreather Walt | Initial battle | $512 | Lv.11 |
Lv.16 |
------- | ------- | ------- | ------- |
First rematch | $1024 | Lv.25 |
Lv.32 |
------- | ------- | ------- | ------- | |
Second rematch | $1184 | Lv.34 |
Lv.37 |
------- | ------- | ------- | ------- | |
Third rematch | $1348 | Lv.26 |
Lv.49 |
Lv.58 |
------- | ------- | ------- | |
Pokémon Stadium 2
Trainer name | Battle | Pokémon | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Firebreather Cliff | Initial battle | Lv.51 |
Lv.50 |
Lv.53 |
Lv.51 |
Lv.50 |
Lv.53 | |
Second battle | Lv.50 |
Lv.51 |
Lv.54 |
Lv.50 |
Lv.51 |
Lv.54 | ||
Firebreather Cliff | Initial battle | Lv.55 |
Lv.50 |
Lv.50 |
Lv.55 |
Lv.50 |
Lv.50 | |
Second battle | Lv.53 |
Lv.53 |
Lv.51 |
Lv.51 |
Lv.51 |
Lv.51 | ||
In animation
Pokémon the Series
Infernando, who appeared in A Ghost of a Chance!, is based on the Firebreather Trainer class as it appeared in Generation II.
Pokémon: Twilight Wings
A Firebreather made a cameo appearance in Buddy, where he and his Charmander were putting on a fire-breathing display to a crowd in Postwick. Their performance was seen by Hop's Wooloo, who was reminded of Leon's Charizard.
Pokémon
Debut | Buddy |
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Charmander is the Firebreather's only known Pokémon. It was seen putting on a fire-breathing display to a crowd.
None of Charmander's moves are known.
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
Red, Green & Blue arc
A Firebreather with his Magmar made a cameo appearance in Just a Spearow Carrier, waiting in line for the Indigo League.
Gold, Silver & Crystal arc
A Firebreather appeared walking to the Indigo Plateau in Oh, It's Ho-Oh!.
HeartGold & SoulSilver arc
A Firebreather was seen in Weavile Wobbles But It Won't Fall Down amongst the crowd visiting the Safari Zone.
Pokémon
Debut | Just a Spearow Carrier |
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Magmar was seen with its Trainer in the Indigo Plateau.
None of Magmar's moves are known.
Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys
A Firebreather by the name of (Japanese: タケオ Takeo) appeared in Let's Aim For The Goal. He signed up for a basketball tournament that both Gold and Bugsy took part in. Bugsy pointed out to Gold that he was one of the strong opponents there and Bugsy himself would have been no match for him. During the tournament, Takeo managed to get to the final round where he faced off against Gold and Bugsy. Despite putting up a great fight, Gold ultimately defeats him.
Pokémon
Debut | Let's Aim For The Goal |
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Takeo signed up with a Charmeleon, Magmar, and Cyndaquil for the basketball tournament. They worked together throughout the match in order to help Takeo score points.
None of their moves are known.
Debut | Let's Aim For The Goal |
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Two Voltorb were also signed up with Takeo. Using Double Team, they distracted Gold and Bugsy from the real basketball by pretending to be other balls but were foiled by Bugsy's Metapod and Kakuna's String Shot.
Voltorb's only known move is Double Team.
Trivia
- Between Generations II and IV, one Firebreather got a name change from "Dick" to "Richard," likely due to the secondary meaning of the name Dick, itself a diminutive of the name Richard.
- A sprite color change in Pokémon Gold and Silver occurs after Dick loses a battle against the player, from red to gray.
- Firebreathers Dick and Ned are the only Trainers from Pokémon Gold and Silver to not appear in Pokémon Crystal.
In other languages
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