Cal (game)

Cal (Japanese, Generation II: ヒカル Hikaru, Generation IV: ひかる Hikaru) is a traveling Pokémon Trainer. He first appeared in , in which he was a Trainer that could be battled in Viridian City's Trainer House. His sprite is the same as the sprite used for in ; this also applies to , despite the fact that it introduced a new sprite for Ethan himself. He only appears in the Trainer House if the player has never used Mystery Gift before. If the player has used Mystery Gift, he is replaced with a Trainer with the same name and party of the last person the player used Mystery Gift with. His Pokémon are the fully evolved Johto first partner Pokémon at level 50. The three games also hold unused Trainer data for Cal, with one team consisting of the three unevolved first partner Pokémon at level 10, and the second forms of the first partner Pokémon at level 30.
He also appeared in Pokémon Stadium 2 with a new unique character design as the opponent in the standard battle modes. He appears in the Battle Now and Free Battle modes as a CPU opponent. In Battle Now, he has access to the same Pokémon pools the player does. In Free Battle, Cal uses a team of Pokémon the player assigns him, except in the case of battles under Challenge Cup rules, in which case Cal receives Pokémon randomly in the same way the player does.
In , Cal has been given the appearance of an .
==In the core series games==
===Pokémon===
====Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal====
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====Unused data====
In the Generation II games' code, there is unused battle data with Cal having the Johto first partner Pokémon in their basic and middle forms, as well as the final forms encountered normally. Because Kanto is not legitimately reachable until late in the game, it is unknown how these Pokémon were intended to be encountered.
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===In the side series games===
====Pokémon Stadium 2====
=====Battle Now=====
===== - Challenge Cup Rules=====
======Poké Ball Class======
======Great Ball Class======
======Ultra Ball Class======
======Master Ball Class======
==Gallery==
===Sprites===
====In the core series====
 	
Sprite from, and 	Sprite from
 	
Overworld sprite from, and	Overworld sprite from
====In other games====
Portraits from
==Quotes==
===Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal===
* Before battle
:"I traveled out here just so I could battle you."
* Being defeated
:"I lost... Darn..."
===Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver===
* Before battle
:"Battle?"
::No: "Fine--next time!"
::Yes: "It's MATCH!"
* If the player wins
:"You win... THANKS!"
* If the player loses
:"VICTORY! Thank you!"
* If talked to again
:"Fine--next time!"
==Names==
Language	Name 	Origin
Japanese	ヒカル Hikaruひかる Hikaru 	From 光る hikaru (shine or glitter)Hiragana form of ヒカル Hikaru
English 	Cal 	Possibly from カル karu in his Japanese name
French 	Julot 	
German 	Hermann 	
Italian 	Enea 	
Spanish 	RolánRobe 	
Korean 	빛나 Bitna빛남 Bitnam 	From 빛나 bitna (light, gleam, or glow)From 빛남 bitnam (brightness or splendor)
==Related articles==
Category:Game characters
Category:Gold, Silver and Crystal characters
Category:Stadium 2 characters
Category:HeartGold and SoulSilver characters
Category:Male characters
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