Eusine

Eusine (Japanese: ミナキ Minaki; Eugene in The Legend of Thunder!) is a researcher and expert in the Legendary beasts. For ten years he has chased , but to no avail.
==In the core series games==
Eusine first appears in . He is first seen researching the Burned Tower, together with Morty. Later, he battles the in Cianwood City, just north of the Pokémon Seer, after seeing escaping from the town, hoping that by battling the player he will earn Suicune's respect as a Trainer. After Suicune has been caught in the Tin Tower, he returns to his hometown, Celadon City, and can be found in Celadon Pokémon Center waiting for the player to catch all three Legendary beasts. After this is accomplished, Eusine will return to the Tin Tower and wait for the player to summon .
Eusine also appears in , in which his storyline is almost identical at first but differs in the end. In these games, Eusine follows Suicune to Kanto, chasing it around and ultimately to its final destination — the Cerulean Cape. Before the player can catch Suicune, they must see it along with Eusine at Burned Tower, Cianwood City, , Vermilion City, and in that order before being able to catch it at the Cerulean Cape. It is revealed in these games that when Eusine was young, he was told stories about Suicune by his grandfather, who is very knowledgeable about Johto's folklore. Despite this, Eusine never mentions the Bell Tower, Ho-Oh, or his hometown in these games.
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==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Masters EX===
Eusine forms a sync pair with in Pokémon Masters EX. Eusine became a playable sync pair on June 15, 2023.
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Eusine debuted in For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll!, where he challenged for daring to say that he met the legendary beast . This might just have been a form of jealousy on his part, for Ash had also seen as well, while he had yet to encounter it himself. He managed to calm himself down long enough to work with Morty, Ash, and in their quest to retrieve the Tin Tower's sacred Crystal Bells, which had been stolen by . He later encountered Suicune and was set on it for himself. However, Suicune used , which sent back to its to end the encounter before leaving. The brief encounter left a great impression on Eusine, and he quickly left Ecruteak City to chase Suicune.
=====The Legend of Thunder!=====
In The Legend of Thunder!, EugeneIn The Legend of Thunder!, Eusine was mistakenly called "Eugene". assisted , , and Vincent in their against Attila and Hun. Marina fell for him because he wore a cape, though he was quick to remind her that no one can touch his cape. While he was intent on meeting , Eugene kept Jimmy and his friends calm throughout the entire ordeal.
====Character====
Eusine is portrayed as a bold individual with an overwhelming obsession for Legendary Pokémon like . However, he comes across as arrogant with a slight superiority complex. Due to his immense pride over his knowledge of myths and legends, Eusine is unprepared to listen to others and often assigns himself the leading role, such as when he relegated Kudo to the sidelines as he tracked in The Legend of Thunder!.
He is apparently very close friends with Morty, who is also an expert on the legends. Morty acts as Eusine's voice of reason, trying to convince him to calm down and ease up, but to no avail. When Eusine left suddenly at the end of For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll!, Morty's lack of surprise indicates that this has happened before.
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This listing is of Eusine's Pokémon in :
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===Pokémon Generations===
Eusine appeared in The Reawakening. He was shown recalling the story of how the Legendary beasts came to be while exploring the Burned Tower. He then shared his desire to tell them that people are no longer afraid of them, and that they can be trusted again. At the end of the episode, he caught a long-awaited glimpse of .
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==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
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Eusine is first mentioned by Morty in Misdreavus Misgivings. Morty states that Eusine asked him to use his clairvoyance to search for the Legendary Pokémon . Due to Suicune's Legendary status, Morty was unable to locate where it slept. After facing and losing to Suicune in battle, Morty calls Eusine to tell him about the encounter.
Eusine physically debuts in Jumping Jumpluff!, where he meets , another person searching for Suicune. After they introduce themselves to each other, Eusine deems Crystal his rival for their similar goal and proceeds to leave. He accidentally ends up crashing into a barn at the Moomoo Farm, angering the farmhands, who demand that Eusine leave and pay for the damages. By tricking the farmhands by healing their with what he claims to be "magic", Eusine gets out of having to pay for the broken roof and earns himself free milk in the process. He is immediately approached by Crystal, who saw through the trick and knew that Eusine used a Berry to heal the Miltank. Eusine assumes Crystal had followed him to get a chance at getting close to Suicune, but she states that it was pure coincidence, as she is tracking Suicune with her Pokédex.
Soon after, Suicune appears and attacks the two. Crystal deduces that the Suicune who attacked them is a fake and uncovers its true identity, a sent to throw them off from the real Suicune's whereabouts. They realize that if someone sent a diversion, the real Suicune must currently be pursued by whoever sent the Ditto. Crystal and Eusine make their way to find Suicune by using Crystal's Pokédex to track its location. Upon spotting the people after Suicune, Eusine leaves Crystal to face the pursuers in battle. He tells Crystal to go after Suicune, who is heading to Ecruteak City. Eusine finds out the pursuers are the Team Rocket Elite Trio and faces them in battle. Eusine succeeds in defeating the trio and steals the Clear Bell they had in their possession. Eusine heads to the Bell Tower, where Crystal is facing Suicune in battle. He arrives just as Crystal had been defeated and blocked from accessing the tower due to Suicune's Crystal Wall. With the Clear Bell, Eusine bypasses the Crystal Wall and heads up the Bell Tower in hopes that Suicune is still there, only to find it already gone. After Crystal wakes up, Eusine realizes that Suicune was heading to the Bell Tower to meets its master, . Eusine then leaves Crystal to continue his journey to capture Suicune.
During the final battle against the Masked Man, Eusine arrives to rescue Misty and an injured Suicune from being trapped in the Crystal Wall. Due to Misty's injuries, she tells Suicune that it will have to continue the battle against the Masked Man with a new partner. Although Eusine hoped to be chosen, he is disappointed when Suicune chooses Crystal as its new partner. Later, Eusine meets up with Morty, who asks if he is disappointed that he wasn't chosen by Suicune. Eusine confidently states that Suicune will choose him one day, as he did save its life.
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Eusine appears at the Johto Safari Zone selling crudely-drawn photos and poems of Suicune to visitors. There, Eusine encounters , who had arrived to search for someone. The meeting is cut short when they are attacked by Petrel of Team Rocket. Eusine is incapacitated by tear gas created from Petrel's , leaving Silver to battle the villain alone. After facing Petrel and defeating him, Silver obtains the two Plates that were in Petrel's possession. Later, Silver reveals to Eusine about everything he learned from his battle with Petrel. Silver also reveals that the creator of Team Rocket is his father, , and that it was created after Silver was kidnapped as a child by the Masked Man. Feeling bad for Silver's plight, Eusine recommends that Silver meet Morty and his clairvoyance to help him find the Plates.
Eusine is immediately attacked by a group of schoolchildren who accidentally mistook him for a Pokémon. The caretaker of the children is revealed to be Crystal, who was leading a school trip. Crystal decides to go with Silver on his journey to find the Plates and stop Team Rocket. Eusine is left behind to tend to the children, much to his frustration. At the end of the ninth chapter, Eusine encounters Suicune again and chases after it, much to Suicune's annoyance.
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===Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys===
Eusine was first seen in Farewell To Pikachu?!, arriving at the Cianwood Gym and trying to retrieve from . It turned out that Gold's Pikachu was actually a messenger sent from the future by Eusine and Bill using the latter's Time Capsule to guide the present Eusine to a Legendary Pokémon using a special learning device attached to it. Gold wanted to battle Eusine for Pikachu's ownership, but Chuck told them to wait until the next day. The next day, Gold and his beat Eusine's Hypno, allowing Pikachu to stay with him and leaving Eusine with no choice but to search for the Legendary Pokémon alone.
Soon after, unsealed the Black Tyranitar, Cianwood's Legendary Pokémon, which used to wreak havoc in the Johto region. Eusine was one of the people who helped Gold in fighting the Black Tyranitar.
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==Trivia==
* There is data in for the gender of every in the game, used to select which dialogue pool to sample from when randomly choosing the opponent's dialogue, with the exception of Eusine.
* Despite being mistakenly known as "Eugene" in the English and Spanish dubs of The Legend of Thunder!, Eusine was correctly named in the i dub, just as in the original series, because the error was caught by the director of the series dub, Maya Bar Shalom. His situation matches that of Vincent.
* His HeartGold and SoulSilver artwork adds several diamond shaped patterns to his clothes, which resemble those seen on the body of .
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	ミナキ Minaki 	From 水晶 suishō (crystal), which can be divided into 水 mina and 晶 akiMay also be from 君 kimi (monarch), which can be read as kun as a possible reference to
English, Spanish	Eusine 	Similar to Suicune
English, Spanish	Eugene 	Corruption of Eusine
German 	Eusin 	Similar to Suicune
French 	Eusine 	Similar to Suicune
French 	Eugène 	Corruption of Eusine
Italian 	Eugenius 	Similar to Suicune or a corruption of his English name
Korean 	수호 Suho 	From 수호 (守護) suho (protection) and 수정 (水晶) sujeong (crystal)
Korean 	미나키 Minaki 	Transcription of his Japanese name
Chinese () 	水京 Shuǐjīng 	From 水晶 shuǐjīng (crystal)
Chinese () 	米那君 Mǐnàjūn南其 Nánqí南木 Nánmù 	From the partial transcription of his Japanese name and 水君 Shuǐjūn (Suicune)From 南 minami and 其 kiFrom the Japanese name 南木 Minaki
Chinese() 	水京 Séuigīng 	From 水晶 séuijīng (crystal)
Chinese() 	米拿基 Máihnàhgēi南木 Nàahmmuhk 	Transcription of his Japanese nameFrom the Japanese name 南木 Minaki
Russian 	Юсин Yusin 	Transcription of his English name
Vietnamese 	Minaki 	Transcription of his Japanese name
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==References==
==Related articles==
* Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Category:Animation characters
Category:The Legend of Thunder characters
Category:Pokémon Adventures characters
Category:Gold, Silver and Crystal characters
Category:HeartGold and SoulSilver characters
Category:Pokémon Generations characters
Category:Pokémon Gold & Silver: The Golden Boys characters
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