PI (Trainer class)

A PI (Japanese: ギャンブラー Gambler), previously known as Gambler and Gamer, is a type of Pokémon Trainer that first debuted in the Generation I games. In Generations I, , and , they are depicted as old men with dice and a dice cup. In Generations IV and , they are depicted as young men in trenchcoats flipping coins. PIs can also appear in Johto's .
In all games since Generation IV, they exclusively use various Pokémon that tend to rely on luck over skill, specializing in one-hit knockout moves such as . In the and , all their Pokémon know either a one-hit knockout move or a move that involves the user fainting, such as or . In Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, their Pokémon are several levels higher than other comparable Trainers' in the routes they're in to further increase the odds of their one-hit knockout moves connecting.
In Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!, Gamers will award three s along with prize money upon being defeated.
==Terminology==
===English===
This Trainer class was originally known as Gambler in Generation I. This was changed to Gamer in , Let's Go, Pikachu!, and Let's Go, Eevee! to avoid gambling references. As a result, some jokes were lost, such as in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen when Gamer Rich describes himself as a "rambling, gaming dude" instead of a "rambling, gambling dude."
In the English releases of Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Brilliant Diamond, and Shining Pearl, the Trainer class is instead named PI (), likely because of the trenchcoat's stereotypical association with detectives, but all their dialogue still revolves around gambling.
===Other languages===
In Japanese, this Trainer class has consistently been named ギャンブラー (Gambler) in all games in which it is present.
In other languages, while the Trainer class name is often censored to a term similar to "Gamer" in later generations, no other language names the Trainer class "PI" like the English version.
==Gallery==
===Sprites and models===
====In the core series====
 	 	 	 	 	
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====In other games====
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==Trainer list==
===Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow===
===Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen===
===Pokémon Diamond and Pearl===
:See more: List of Battle Tower Trainers in Pokémon Diamond and Pearl/PI
===Pokémon Platinum===
:See more: List of Battle Frontier Trainers in Generation IV/PI
===Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!===
===Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl===
===Pokémon Stadium===
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
A PI was seen in Deprogramming Porygon-Z, where he was part of a group of people who entered the after Palmer had his assistants open the gates.
A PI with a was seen amongst the people visiting the in Weavile Wobbles But It Won't Fall Down.
====Pokémon====
==In the TCG==
There is a card called in the expansion of the . It causes the user to shuffle their hand into their deck, and then draw either 1 or 8 cards depending on the result of a coin flip.
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
Category:Pokémon Adventures characters
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