Danny

Danny ダン Dan
Danny
Gender	Male
Eye color	Black
Hair color	Auburn
Hometown	Navel Island
Region	Orange Islands
Trainer class	Gym Leader
Leader of	Navel Gym
Badge	Sea Ruby Badge
Challenge	Bobsled race
Anime debut	Navel Maneuvers
English voice actor	Jim Malone
Japanese voice actor	Yasunori Matsumoto

Danny (Japanese: ダン Dan) is the Gym Leader of the Navel Island Gym. He hands out the Sea Ruby Badge to Trainers who defeat him.

He was the second Gym Leader Ash encountered in the Orange Archipelago, in Navel Maneuvers. He appears to enjoy water sports including sailing and windsurfing. He and Misty seemed to develop some sort of relationship.

Danny did not simply battle Ash, however; instead, he challenged Ash to work with his Pokémon in order to win the Badge. Initially, Danny and Ash had to climb a mountain without the aid of any of their Pokémon. Then Ash and Danny each chose three Pokémon to build a bobsled (or toboggan) of sorts, and the final challenge was a bobsled race down the side of the mountain. He reappeared in a flashback in A Way Off Day Off.

Pokémon

This is a listing of Danny's known Pokémon in the anime.

		Nidoqueen ♀
		Danny's Nidoqueen was used by him in the first challenge against Ash. Using Ice Beam, she was able to quickly freeze the water coming out of the geyser in order to beat Lapras. Nidoqueen's physical strength was then used to help carve out a sled from Danny's slab of ice in the second challenge. She reappeared in a flashback in A Way Off Day Off and in another flashback in Hello, Pummelo!. Nidoqueen's only known move is Ice Beam.
Debut	Navel Maneuvers!

		Machoke
		Danny's Machoke was only seen in the second challenge against Ash, where it helped to carve a sled from the ice that Nidoqueen froze earlier. It reappeared in a flashback in Hello, Pummelo!. None of Machoke's moves are known.
Debut	Navel Maneuvers!
Voice actors
Japanese
English	Eric Stuart

		Scyther
		Scyther was the only one of Danny's Pokémon to be in both the second and third challenges. It first helped carve the block ice into a sled after which it then helped steer that sled in the race down the mountain. It reappeared in a flashback in A Way Off Day Off and in another flashback in Hello, Pummelo!. None of Scyther's moves are known.
Debut	Navel Maneuvers!
Voice actors
Japanese
English	Eric Stuart

		Electrode
		Electrode was one of Danny's Pokémon that was used in the third challenge, the race down the mountain. It used its weight to help steer and it also used Explosion to ward off Team Rocket. It reappeared in a flashback in A Way Off Day Off and in another flashback in Hello, Pummelo!. Electrode's only known move is Explosion.
Debut	Navel Maneuvers!
Voice actors
Japanese
English	Eric Stuart

		Geodude
		Geodude was only seen during the race down the mountain. Besides using its weight to help steer the sled, Geodude also had a powerful throw in the snowball fight to defend against Team Rocket. It reappeared in a flashback in A Way Off Day Off and in another flashback in Hello, Pummelo!. None of Geodude's moves are known.
Debut	Navel Maneuvers!
Voice actors
Japanese
English	Michael Haigney

Voice actors

Language Voice actor Japanese 松本保典 Yasunori Matsumoto English Jim Malone Brazilian Portuguese Silvio Giraldi European Spanish Jesús Maniega

Trivia

Danny in his Geodude shirt

• Danny has a shirt with a Geodude print on it.
• Danny is the only regular Gym Leader of the Orange Crew not to have a family member revealed.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	ダン Dan
English	Danny	Similar to Japanese name.
Korean	호남 Honam
Chinese (Mandarin)	小丹 Xiǎo Dān	Transliteration of his Japanese name. 丹 dān also means red.

Orange League
Mikan Gym Gym Leader Cissy	Navel Gym Gym Leader Danny	Trovita Gym Gym Leader Rudy	Kumquat Gym Gym Leader Luana	Pummelo Stadium Supreme Gym Leader Drake

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