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'''Mr. Fuji''' (Japanese: '''フジ{{tt|老人|ろうじん}}''' ''Elder Fuji'') is a kind old man who lives in [[Lavender Town]].

==In the games==

Mr. Fuji looks after abandoned and orphaned {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} at the Lavender Volunteer Pokémon House in [[Lavender Town]]. He subscribes to {{DL|Magazines in the Pokémon world|Pokémon Fan}} Magazine. Mr. Fuji is supposedly shy. Mr. Fuji wishes for the happiness of all Pokémon. He cares for the {{p|Cubone}} that [[Team Rocket]] orphaned.

Mr. Fuji is not a resident of Lavender Town. He used to live on [[Cinnabar Island]], where he was known as '''Dr. Fuji''' (Japanese: '''フジ{{tt|博士|はかせ}}''' ''Dr. Fuji''), the founder of [[Cinnabar Lab]]. He is a close friend of [[Blaine]], as indicated by a portrait in the [[Cinnabar Gym]] in {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}}.  

In the [[Generation II]] games and {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}, Mr. Fuji does not have a prominent role. He is found in the [[House of Memories]] paying respects to the deceased Pokémon there. In the house, there are hidden chambers that only Mr. Fuji has access to.

It is rumored that Mr. Fuji once lived on the {{ka|Pokémon Mansion}}, where [[Pokémon Mansion journals|journals]] related to the discovery of {{p|Mew}} and the birth of {{p|Mewtwo}} can be found. The mansion being located on Cinnabar Island and the fact that Fuji was a doctor are the only implications given in the games he appears in. However, this is also backed up not only by Pokémon Emerald as aforementioned, but by [[Mr. Fuji#In the anime|different anime media]], suggesting he is in fact the author of the Pokémon Mansion journals and thus, the scientist related to the creation of Mewtwo in the games as well.

;[[Reina|Little girl at Lavender Volunteer Pokémon House]]

;One of the {{tc|Team Rocket Grunt}}s at [[Pokémon Tower]]

;{{DL|Magazines in the Pokémon world|Pokémon Fan|Pokémon Fan Magazine}}

{{sign|FRLGspeech|{{color2|606060|Magazines in the Pokémon world#Pokémon Fan|POKéMON FAN MAGAZINE}}}}

;Old man at the [[Pokémon Center]] in [[Lavender Town]]

;Portrait in [[Cinnabar Gym]]

;{{DL|Magazines in the Pokémon world|Pokémon Journal}}

;Message from Mr. Fuji left to the {{player}}

===Quotes===

====Pokémon Red, Blue and Yellow====

====Pokémon Gold, Silver and Crystal====

====Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen====

====Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver====

===In the main series===

Mr. Fuji as in the elder from [[Lavender Town]] hasn't appeared in the [[Pokémon anime]] series. However, evidence from the other media suggest that Dr. Fuji from ''[[M01|Mewtwo Strikes Back]]'' is based on him. In the movie, Dr. Fuji was involved in the creation of {{OBP|Mewtwo|original series}}, from which he did not survive due to Mewtwo's destruction of the lab where it was created.

===In Pokémon Origins===

[[File:Mr Fuji PO.png|250px|thumb|Mr. Fuji in [[Pokémon Origins]]]]

 

Later, in their home at [[Lavender Town]], [[Reina]] told Mr. Fuji about the rumors of an incredibly strong Pokémon seen in the [[Cerulean Cave]]. After hearing that the Pokémon is likely a {{t|Psychic}} type, he indicated that he knew the identity of this Pokémon. After hearing of Red heading to capture the mysterious Pokémon, {{p|Mewtwo}}, Mr. Fuji began to think about Red's possibilities to win the fight against it. During his thinking session, Red battled Mewtwo in the Cerulean Cave, and wound up getting almost all of his Pokémon defeated, leaving him with only his {{p|Charizard}}. While Charizard battled Mewtwo, Mr. Fuji understood that Red's only hope of victory lied within the stones he had given to him. The stones, revealed to be a [[Charizardite X]] and a [[Key Stone]], gave Charizard strength to rise from the brink of defeat and [[Mega Evolution|Mega Evolve]] into Mega Charizard X. This new power gave Charizard the ability to defeat Mewtwo, allowing Red to {{pkmn2|caught|catch}} it.

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===In Pokémon Adventures===

====={{chap|Red, Green & Blue}}=====

Mr. Fuji first appeared in ''[[PS013|Sigh for Psyduck]]'', when he met {{adv|Red}} in [[Lavender Town]], on his way to pay his respects to his {{p|Doduo}}'s grave. Mr. Fuji invited Red to his house and told him about the [[Pokémon Tower]] and the {{OBP|ghost|literal}}s in there. Because of them, he was unable to bury his {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} in a proper place. Red then saw a photo of {{adv|Blue}} with Mr. Fuji, who told him that the had gone to the Pokémon Tower to defy the presence of any ghosts two weeks earlier, which made Red willing to go there as well. Once Blue defeated [[Koga]] and the truth about the ghosts was revealed to the citizens of [[Lavender Town]], Mr. Fuji could finally take his deceased Pokémon to rest at the Pokémon Tower.

====={{chap|Gold, Silver & Crystal}}=====

In ''[[PS179|The Last Battle XIII]]'', he makes a cameo appearance as one of the [[Pokémon Fan Club]] members who sent Pokémon to help defeat {{adv|Tower duo|Lugia and Ho-Oh}} in [[Ilex Forest]].

 

====={{chap|Emerald}}=====

In ''[[PS337|Epilogue]]'', he makes a cameo appearance in one of the ships heading to the {{gdis|Battle Frontier|III}}.

|desc=Prior to the start of the series Mr. Fuji hatched {{p|Doduo}} from its [[Egg]]. It passed away sometime before {{adv|Red}} came to [[Lavender Town]].

|Japanese

|フジ{{tt|老人|ろうじん}} ''Elder Fuji''

|From フジ ''Fuji'', ''{{wp|Wisteria}}'', a genus of plants with purple flowers. This may be because he lives in [[Lavender Town|Cion Town]], named for the purple color of a flower.

|English, French,<br>German, Italian,<br>Spanish

|Mr. Fuji

|Same as Japanese name

|Korean

|등나무노인 ''Elder Deung-namu''

|From 등나무 ''Deung-namu'', the Korean name for ''{{wp|Wisteria floribunda}}'', the "Japanese Wisteria"

|Chinese ({{tt|Mandarin|Taiwan and Mainland China}})

|富士老人 ''Elder Fùshì''

|From 富士 ''Fuji'', possibly relating to {{wp|Mount Fuji|Mt. Fuji}}

|Chinese ({{tt|Cantonese|Hong Kong}})

|富士老人 ''Elder Fusih''

|From 富士 ''Fuji'', possibly relating to {{wp|Mount Fuji|Mt. Fuji}}

|Brazilian Portuguese

|Senhor Fuji{{tt|*|manga}}<br>Sr. Fuji{{tt|*|The Official Pokémon Handbook}}

|From his English name

|Vietnamese

|Ông lão Fuji

|Transliteration from his Japanese name