Bugsy

Bugsy (Japanese: ツクシ Tsukushi) is the Gym Leader of Azalea Town's Gym, known officially as the Azalea Gym. He hands out the to s who defeat him. He specializes in .
==In the core series games==
Bugsy appears in as the Gym Leader of the Azalea Gym. He is the second Gym Leader to be challenged in each of the games, although he cannot be fought until Team Rocket has been driven out of the Slowpoke Well.
Because of his research on Pokémon, Bugsy's knowledge makes him an authority on them. He even discovered the move , which is the signature move on his . This research has led to his given title, "The Walking Bug Pokémon Encyclopedia". He claims to never lose when it comes to Bug Pokémon, but—once defeated by the —will admit his research isn't yet finished. Upon defeat he will hand out the , and a Technical Machine: in , and in .
Like all other Johto and Kanto Gym Leaders, Bugsy will leave his Gym from time to time. Every Thursday, Bugsy travels to Viridian Forest where he will hand out his Pokégear phone number to fellow travelers all day (12am-11:59pm). From here he will progress to the Fighting Dojo and, on Thursday afternoons (12pm-3pm), accept a rematch with a stronger team. On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays—the days before the tri-weekly Bug-Catching Contest — Bugsy will appear at National Park. On Fridays, he will take photographs with the player and their first Pokémon. Bugsy elects not to compete in the Bug-Catching Contests as he has already won it many times.
Bugsy also appears in , taking part in the Pokémon World Tournament. He can be faced in the Johto Leaders, Type Expert, and World Leaders Tournaments.
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=====Pokémon World Tournament=====
Bugsy uses three of these Pokémon in Single Battles, four in Double and Rotation Battles, and all six in Triple Battles. Bugsy will always lead with his signature Pokémon, .
======Johto Leaders Tournament======
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==In the side series games==
===Pokémon Stadium 2===
Bugsy has a room in the Johto Gym Leader Castle in Pokémon Stadium 2. This is the only time he uses Pokémon that are not Bug types.
During the game's end credits, he is seen having a battle with Karen.
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==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Puzzle Challenge===
Bugsy appears as an opponent in Pokémon Puzzle Challenge. He uses a to battle.
===Pokémon Masters EX===
Bugsy forms a sync pair with , , and in Pokémon Masters EX. His Beedrill is capable of Mega Evolving. Bugsy became a playable sync pair since the game's release.
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==Gallery==
===Artwork===
 	
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===Sprites===
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==Quotes==
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
====History====
 and visited the Azalea Gym in the episode Gettin' the Bugs Out. When they first entered the facility, it appeared to be empty, but 's screams after coming face-to-face with several Pokémon alerted Bugsy to their presence. Being a passionate Bug-type expert, Bugsy was quick to criticize Misty for her ignorance towards them. Despite his harsh language, and his friends quickly recognized Bugsy's expertise in all Bug Pokémon.
After helping Bugsy out of a tree, Ash's Gym challenge began. Bugsy first sent out his against Ash's Cyndaquil. Ash soon recalled Cyndaquil after it became too exhausted and went on to defeat Spinarak with his . In the second round, Bugsy's defeated Chikorita, but was able to land a close-range and beat Metapod. Bugsy was surprised by Ash's performance and sent out his faithful . Scyther's blinding speed overwhelmed and defeated Pikachu. Later, Cyndaquil's blazing was able to overcome Scyther's and earn Ash his second Johto League Badge, the .
Bugsy appeared in Born to Be a Winner, the opening for Pokémon: Johto League Champions. He also appeared in a flashback in Why? Wynaut!.
====Character====
Bugsy's against Ash showcased his passion and skills as a Gym Leader. He had developed a range of strategies to combat his Pokémon's type weakness to attacks, such as his 's . Bugsy utilizes the forest battlefield, mimicking a Bug Pokémon's natural habitat, to his full advantage, having his swing from the trees to evade attacks, while his uses the dust and leaves to camouflage itself to give it the upper hand.
Bugsy is particularly competitive, noting that few challengers had recently made it to the final round against his Scyther before Ash's match. He was excited to see Ash overcome his crafted strategies and went on to offer Ash a rematch if he returned to Azalea Town.
====Pokémon====
=====On hand=====
This listing is of Bugsy's known in :
=====At Azalea Gym=====
====Voice actors====
===GOTCHA!===
Bugsy briefly appeared in GOTCHA!.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
Bugsy is equipped with a Capture Net, which is a regular bug-catching net outfitted with the same capture thread contained inside of a Poké Ball. Since the thread is on the outside, it drags the caught Pokémon into a Poké Ball. Bugsy often uses Kurt's specialist Poké Balls to aid his capture attempts.
====History====
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Bugsy debuts in Into the Unown at the Ruins of Alph. initially mistakes Bugsy for a girl and asks him out on a date only to be disappointed when he finds out the truth. When Bugsy reveals that his colleagues have gone missing, Gold decides to help Bugsy find his missing friends. They enter the ruins, but are attacked by the Team Rocket Elite Trio, who plan to capture the sleeping inside. Gold accidentally awakens the Unown, which begin flying around the ruins. He tricks the Unown into attacking the trio, defeating them. Afterward, they manage to find Bugsy's friends. Bugsy thanks Gold for his help and the two go their separate ways.
In Delibird Delivery - 1, Bugsy appeared in Professor Elm's fantasy when informing Gold that the Masked Man may be a Gym Leader.
Later, Bugsy continues exploring the ruins and even manages to capture an Unown for study purposes. He is attacked by , who had been challenging all of the Gym Leaders in Johto. Bugsy fights hard, but is ultimately unable to defeat Suicune and is beaten. After Suicune escapes, Bugsy finds inscriptions on the wall mentioning the Legendary Pokémon . He wonders if Suicune was also trying to leave a message in addition to its challenge.
At the Indigo Plateau, Bugsy arrives with his fellow Johto Gym Leaders to take place exhibition tournament for the Pokémon League against the Kanto Gym Leaders. In the fifth round, he faces off against Sabrina of Saffron City. Due a type advantage, Bugsy has the advantage at the start of the round. Sabrina turns the match around by revealing that she had been stalling so that her could create a room made of invisible walls. With no way of being able to see the room, Bugsy is left defenseless and quickly defeated. When the Masked Man attacks the Pokémon League, Bugsy and the other Gym Leaders combat his army of mind-controlled s. The fight takes them to the Magnet Train, which is used as a diversion to get the Gym Leaders away from the stadium. After the Masked Man is defeated, Bugsy returned to his usual duties of being a Gym Leader.
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Bugsy, along with Chuck and Falkner, is asked by Morty to guard the Ecruteak Gym from suspicious people asking to use Morty's clairvoyance. When arrives to see Morty under Eusine's recommendation, the Gym Leaders mistake him for another suspicious person and stop his attempts to advance. Having no time to talk, Silver opts to battle the Gym Leaders and force his way inside. Silver's clash ends when he is revealed to be a friend of Chuck's former student, . They decide to trust Silver and let him inside to meet with Morty, who had been helping Gold due to mistaking him for Silver. The meeting is cut short by the sudden appearance of , who lands in front of the Ecruteak Gym and destroys it with a single blast. Falkner, Bugsy, and Chuck are caught in the blast and knocked unconscious.
During the chaos, Gold finds Bugsy on the ground and picks him up while chasing after Arceus. Gold gives Bugsy a drawing from Morty about the whereabouts of Lance, who he is currently searching for. Bugsy immediately deciphers the drawing as being the Ruins of Alph, which Arceus is also heading towards. After arriving and meeting Lance, Bugsy stays behind while Gold faces Arceus alone. Lance talks to Bugsy about the origins about the Pokéathlon and how a saved a region after a Trainer cleared many obstacles with their Pokémon to meet with it. Lance reveals that he wanted Gold to compete in the Pokéathlon as a way to recreate the legend as a way to try and get close to Arceus. Bugsy expresses more interest in the Pokémon that saved the region. Bugsy is left alone when Lance goes off to get help.
====Pokémon====
This listing is of Bugsy's Pokémon in the Pokémon Adventures manga.
=====Given away=====
===Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys===
Bugsy first appeared in Let's Aim For The Goal when was watching a basketball game from above. He invited Gold to take part in it as the game celebrated the Ruins of Alph's anniversary. When Gold agreed to take part, Bugsy formed a team with him and allowed Gold to take the prize if they won. They go up against a named Takeo. Despite his team having a type advantage against Bugsy's, Bugsy and Gold were able to defeat him and win the prize (with Gold actually keeping it).
During their time in the Ruins of Alph, they hear over the intercom that an incident happened in the Union Cave and Bugsy tells Gold to come with him. They find out that is also in the cave, who wants to capture the in there, no matter what it takes. After the events in the Union Cave, Bugsy reveals to Gold that he is the Leader of the Azalea Gym. Then, he challenges Gold using his while Gold sent out the Pokémon that Black released while in the Union Cave, a . Despite having the type advantage, Scyther lost and Gold was awarded the .
Bugsy reunited with Gold in Gold And Black VS. Team Rocket, where he and Whitney were at the Tin Tower.
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===Pokémon Pocket Monsters===
After the events relating with the , encountered Bugsy in The Hardest Insect Pokémon Wins?!.
The charcoal maker recommended Red and his Pokémon to see him in his Gym while he stayed behind. The group went to the Azalea Gym to do so. Bugsy showed them his collection of . Afterwards, he had a Gym battle with Red. Even though his Pokémon appeared to be powerful, Clefairy's gag moves defeated them, which earned Red the . He gave them four Poké Balls, and unbeknownst to the group, an onion was hidden in one of them. The group ran off and gave the onion in the Poké Ball.
In PMHGSS05, Red had a rematch with him as part of the goal to collect all of the Johto Gym Badges. He was able to defeat him after a close call with .
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==In the TCG==
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Bugsy or his Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
==Trivia==
* Bugsy's Japanese title is .
* There is data in for the gender of every in the game, with the exception of Eusine. This is used to select which dialogue pool to sample from when randomly choosing the opponent's dialogue. Interestingly, Bugsy is one of two male characters to be identified as female in this array. The other is Will.
** Similarly to Saturn, Will, and Janine, his Pokémon are the opposite gender despite them having a 50-50 gender ratio.
** Bugsy's Pokémon were all male in the original Johto games.
* In Pokémon Stadium 2, Bugsy incorrectly refers to his 's as "Megaphone".
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	ツクシ Tsukushi 	From 土筆 tsukushi (), 虫 mushi (insect), and つくつく法師 tsukutsukubōshi (a type of cicada)
English 	Bugsy 	From bug
German 	Kai 	From Käfer (beetle)
Spanish 	Antón 	From antena (antenna)
French 	Hector 	From insecte (insect)
Italian 	Raffaello 	From farfalla (butterfly)
Korean 	호일 Ho-il 	From 호 (蝴) ho (butterfly) and possibly a contraction of horsetail
Chinese ()	阿筆 / 阿笔 Ā Bǐ 	From the partial derivation of the Japanese word 土筆 tsukushi
Chinese ()	阿筆 A Bāt 	From the partial derivation of the Japanese word 土筆 tsukushi
Thai 	สึคุชิ Tsukushi 	Transcription of his Japanese name
Vietnamese	Tsukushi 	Transcription of his Japanese name
==References==
==Related articles==
Category:Animation characters
Category:Manga characters
Category:Pokémon Adventures characters
Category:Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys characters
Category:Gold, Silver and Crystal characters
Category:HeartGold and SoulSilver characters
Category:Black 2 and White 2 characters
Category:Stadium 2 characters
Category:Gym Leaders
Category:Bug-type Trainers
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