Michael

If you were looking for the other uses, see Michael (disambiguation).

Michael
リュウト Ryūto
XD Michael.png
Art from Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness
Gender Male
Hometown Unknown; resides in Pokémon HQ Lab
Region Orre
Relatives Jovi (little sister), Lily (mother),
unnamed father (deceased)
Trainer class Pokémon Trainer, player character
Generation III
Games Pokémon XD

Michael (Japanese: リュウト Ryūto) is the protagonist of Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness. Like most protagonists, his name is customizable.

Michael has a Snag Machine similar to that of Pokémon Colosseum's hero, Wes, and an Aura Reader, which makes the dark auras exuded by Shadow Pokémon visible as they were to Wes's companion, Rui. He is given these at the beginning of the game.

Storyline

 
Michael about to notice a Shadow Pokémon

Michael lives at Professor Krane's Pokémon lab in Orre with his mother, Lily, who works for Professor Krane, and his sister, Jovi. He is an up-and-coming Trainer ready for his own journey with his Eevee, a Pokémon entrusted to him by his late father. Traveling across Orre, he seeks to defeat the criminal organization Cipher, which is now under Grand Master Greevil's plot to wield an army of Shadow Pokémon in order to rule the world.

Not only does Michael successfully defeat all of the Cipher Peons and Admins whom he encounters, but he also snags the Shadow Pokémon in their possession. His final feat is the capture of Greevil's full-fledged team of Shadow Pokémon, including XD001. His achievement brings about the disbandment of Cipher, at least under Greevil and Eldes's leadership.

During the game, Michael's father is mentioned multiple times as a distinguished public figure, but he is in fact deceased. This makes Michael similar to May and Brendan, one of whose father is a Gym Leader and the other a Pokémon Professor, but also to other player characters whose fathers are not present.

While Michael's adventures in Orre take place during Generation III, he encounters two Generation IV Pokémon, Munchlax and Bonsly, with Bonsly being used in Battle Bingo and Munchlax appearing outside of battle.

Pokémon

 
Type:
Normal Unknown
Ability:
Run Away
Held item:
None
Eevee/ Lv.10
Tackle
Normal
Tail Whip
Normal
Bite
Dark
Sand-Attack
Ground


Gallery

Artwork

 
Alternate art from Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness

Optional names

Japanese English French German Italian Spanish
リュウト Ryūto
ジェイミー Jamie
レツ Retsu
MICHAEL
DAVID
ADAM
FLORENT
THEO
VINCENT
MICHAEL
DAVID
ADAM
MICHELE
DAVIDE
MARCO
MAURO
TEO
ORIOL


Trivia

  • When snagging a Shadow Pokémon, Michael uses his left hand to throw a Snag Ball. However, when attempting to capture a wild Pokémon, he uses his right hand.
    • This could be due to the fact that the Snag Machine is on his left arm, and is not necessary for capturing wild Pokémon.
  • The Strategy Memo's size comparison suggests that Michael is about 4'07" (1.4 m).
  • During the development of Pokémon XD, Michael was going to have a Vaporeon and Jolteon as his first Pokémon instead.
  • In the demo of Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness; Michael has Gardevoir and Parasect on his team, both at level 40.

In other languages

Language Title
  European French Florent
  German Michael
  Italian Michele
  European Spanish Mauro


Player characters
Core series RedLeafEthanKrisLyraBrendanMayLucasDawn
HilbertHildaNateRosaCalemSerenaElioSelene
ChaseElaineVictorGloriaReiAkariFlorianJuliana
Side series WesMichaelNateCyndy
Spin-off games MarkMintTodd SnapLucy Fleetfoot
LunickSolanaKellynKateBenSummer
HeroHeroineTim GoodmanScottieBettie


  This game character article is part of Project CharacterDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in the Pokémon games.