Underground Man

The Underground Man (Japanese: おじさん Underground Man) lives in Eterna City in a house next door to the Pokémon Center.
==In the core series games==
When the first meets him, he gives them the Explorer Kit. The other NPCs in his house describe various aspects of exploring the Underground/Grand Underground. A woman in Sunyshore City mentions that Byron and the Underground Man are related and they, with Roark, are a trio of dedicated diggers.
===Tasks===
He gives the player a series of tasks, each with various rewards for completion:
====Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum====
Task 	Reward
Use the Explorer Kit and go to the Underground 	Move Trap (Up), Bubble Trap, Leaf Trap
Dig something out of the wall 	Prism Sphere 1, Red Sphere 1, Blue Sphere 1
Plant a Sphere in the ground 	Digger Drill
Create a Secret Base 	Plain Table, Wooden Chair, Small Bookshelf, Buneary Doll
Decorate a Secret Base 	Doll of the player's first partner Pokémon (Turtwig, Chimchar, or Piplup)
Capture a flag from another player's Secret Base 	Bronze flag, ability to remove three boulders, Base Upgrade (up to 12 Decorations), Pretty Gem
Capture three flags from another player's Secret Base	Silver flag, ability to remove two more boulders, Base Upgrade (up to 15 Decorations), Shiny Gem
Capture ten flags from another player's Secret Base 	Gold flag, ability to remove five more boulders, Mystic Gem, and a radar that shows the locations of treasure, buried spheres and traps for the whole underground map.
Capture fifty flags from another player's Secret Base	Platinum flag, ability to remove all boulders, Glitter Gem, and a on the .
====Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl====
Task 	Reward
Use the Explorer Kit and go to the Underground	Red Sphere S, Blue Sphere S, Green Sphere S
Dig up treasures or spheres 	Digger Drill
Create a Secret Base 	5 Quick Balls, 5 Dusk Balls, 5 Dive Balls
Place a Statue in your Secret Base 	Square Pedestal XS
Visit another player's Secret Base 	Round Pedestal M, Sturdy Pedestal S
Find a light of a different color 	Clear Pedestal L
==Gallery==
===Sprites and models===
Overworld sprite from
==Quotes==
==In animation==
The Underground Man appeared in the episode The Grass Menagerie! while Team Rocket was exploring the Underground. He convinced Jessie, James, and Meowth to dig up spheres and shards for him from the Underground, and fed them as a way of thanks. However, while they ate, he fled with the treasures.
===Voice actors===
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
The Underground Man was first mentioned in A Conk on Cranidos's Cranium, spending time with Roark in the Underground. He makes his first appearance in Double Trouble with Dialga and Palkia I, where he and Byron were digging underground with the Explorer Kit to avoid Team Galactic from tracking the Sinnoh Gym Leaders. In the next chapter, he suffered the effects from the distortion of time and space caused by and battling. In Double Trouble with Dialga and Palkia VI, the Underground Man along with Byron, Professor Rowan, and Sir Berlitz reappear at the Spear Pillar and attempt to stop Charon from escaping.
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==In other languages==
==Related articles==
Category:Diamond and Pearl characters
Category:Platinum characters
Category:Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl characters
Category:Animation characters
Category:Pokémon Adventures characters
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fr:Homme du Souterrain
it:Esperto dei Sotterranei
ja:ちかおじさん
zh:地下大叔