Thorton

Thorton (Japanese: ネジキ Neziki) is the Frontier Brain in charge of running the 's , acting under the title of (Japanese: ファクトリーヘッド Factory Head).
==In the core series games==
Thorton is the Frontier Brain of the Battle Factory in the Sinnoh and Johto regions. It is suggested he is very intelligent, as he mentions inventing a machine that analyzes the player's Pokémon. If he is defeated he will hand over the Factory Print.
===Pokémon===
Like the , he uses rental Pokémon. Therefore, all of his Pokémon are random for both the Gold and Silver Prints, so he can use any Pokémon except for those that are not admissible in the ; these include , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and .
==In the spin-off games==
===Pokémon Masters EX===
Thorton forms a sync pair with and in Pokémon Masters EX. Thorton became a playable sync pair since the game's release.
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==Quotes==
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
Thorton first appears along with his fellow Frontier Brains, Palmer, Dahlia, and Argenta in a meeting; afterward they go back to their facilities. Thorton later appears at his facility, the , where he watches battle through it. Eventually, Platinum manages to get enough wins to allow her to challenge him and they begin battling.
Due to the rules of the Battle Factory, the two use rental Pokémon to Battle each other instead of their own Pokémon. Despite Thorton having much confidence in his battling skills and knowledge, Platinum proves superior to him in both categories, allowing her to defeat him. Angered at his defeat, Thorton throws a temper tantrum until Argenta snaps him out of it by slapping him in the face.
Later, he is given a Team Galactic camera robot that Riley obtained on Iron Island and is tasked with fixing it. Eventually, he succeeds, but is left exhausted in the process.
====Pokémon====
=====Rented=====
==In the TCG==
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring Thorton or his Pokémon in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
==Gallery==
:For images of Thorton in Pokémon Masters EX, see: Thorton (Masters)
===Artwork===
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===Game assets===
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==Trivia==
* In the English translations of the games, Thorton and Noland are the only Frontier Brains who share a class.
** However, both Palmer and Anabel share the same class——in the Japanese versions.
* Currently, Thorton has the largest number of cards in the TCG of any Frontier Brain.
==Names==
Language 	Name 	Origin
Japanese 	ネジキ Neziki 	From 捩木 nejiki ()
English 	Thorton 	From
German 	Distmar 	From Distel ()
Spanish 	Espinal 	From espina (thorn)
French 	Cardus 	From the genus (plumeless thistles)
Italian 	Spino 	From spina (thorn)
Korean 	수철 Sucheol 	From 소철 (蘇鐵) socheol ()
Chinese () 	捩木 Lièmù 	From the Japanese name 捩木 Nejiki
Chinese () 	捩木 Lihtmuhk 	From the Japanese name 捩木 Nejiki
Vietnamese 	Neziki 	Transcription of his Japanese name
Brazilian Portuguese	Spino 	From espinho (thorn)
==References==
==Related articles==
* Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Category:Frontier Brains
Category:Game characters
Category:Platinum characters
Category:HeartGold and SoulSilver characters
Category:Manga characters
Category:Pokémon Adventures characters
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