Sage (Trainer class)

A Sage (Japanese: ぼうず Monk) is a type of Pokémon Trainer that first debuted in Generation II. They appear to be who are mostly only found in Johto's Sprout Tower and Ecruteak City.
They generally use and . The ones in the Ecruteak Gym use and .
Three additional Sages found exclusively in are collectively called the Wise Trio (Japanese: ３にんしゅう group of 3 men).
In the Generation II core series games, their sprites were edited outside of Japan and Korea, presumably due to Nintendo's policy at the time of removing all religious references in games that they published. This happened again with but only in the , where the were removed, the robes slightly recolored and a on their left shoulder added. Also, their title is changed from Monk (Korean: 중) to Ascetic (Korean: 수행자). This latter edit was not done for other localizations.
Li, the oldest of all Sages who is found at the top of Sprout Tower, is referred to as an Elder. This has become a of its own in HeartGold and SoulSilver.
==Gallery==
===Sprites===
====In the core series====
 	 	 	
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====In other games====
Portrait from
==Trainer list==
===Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal===
===Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver===
===Pokémon Stadium 2===
==In animation==
===Pokémon Evolutions===
A Sage appeared in The Show, being amongst the audience watching the Kimono Girls perform.
====Pokémon====
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
Sages named Chow (Japanese: モクネン Mokunen), Nico (Japanese: チンネン Chinnen), Edmond (Japanese: エイソウ Eisō), Jin (Japanese: ソウネン Sōnen), Neal (Japanese: カクネン Kakunen), and Troy (Japanese: カイネン Kainen), respectively known as Peaceful, Mindful, Faithful, Careful, Painful and Thoughtful in the Chuang Yi version, appeared at the Sprout Tower in Bellsprout Rout. When they saw entering the tower, they wanted to recruit him to be one of them, with the name "Nanyanen" (Awful in the Chuang Yi version). However, Gold refused, as he needed to find the he was chasing. The Sages had the attack him as payback, but they were all defeated by Exbo.
====Pokémon====
===Pokémon Pocket Monsters===
A group of Sages appeared in The Gym Challenges Begin!!.
===Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire===
A group of Sages appeared in Let's Go Catch The Dumpling Thief!!.
==In the TCG==
This listing is of cards mentioning or featuring a Sage in the Pokémon Trading Card Game.
==Trivia==
* In the French version of , the members of the Wise Trio are named , , and Shuu, referencing the 1983 manga .
==In other languages==
Sprout Tower Sages
Japanese 	English 	French 	German	Italian 	Spanish 	Korean 	Chinese (Mandarin)
チンネン Chinnen 	NicoMindful 	HippolyteHorst	Eckart	Plato 	EugenioRoque	진연 Jin-yeon친넹 Chinneng 	珍念 Zhēnniàn
モクネン Mokunen 	ChowPeaceful 	Quentin 	Helmut	Renato 	Brandon 	묵연 Muk-yeon모꾸넹 Mokkuneng 	莫念 Mòniàn
エイソウ Eisō 	EdmondFaithful	BlaiseBriand 	Ludger	Orazio 	Octavio 	영창 Yeongchang에이소 Eiso 	永宗 Yǒngzōng
ソウネン Sōnen 	JinCareful 	Alfonse 	Detlev	TaleteJin	Séneca 	상연 Sang-yeon소우넹 Souneng 	宗念 Zōngniàn
カクネン Kakunen 	NealPainful 	Achille 	Lukas 	Livio 	Augusto 	가연 Gayeon카꾸넹 Kakkuneng 	格念 Géniàn
カイネン Kainen 	TroyThoughtful	BarthBatiste 	Ingolf	Aristo 	Jeremías 	명연 Myeong-yeon카이넹 Kaineng 	戒念 Jièniàn
==Related articles==
Category:Trainers with Legendary Pokémon
Category:Pokémon Adventures characters
Category:Pokémon Pocket Monsters characters
Category:Pokémon Ruby-Sapphire characters
Category:Pokémon Evolutions characters
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