Pryce: Difference between revisions

{{CharInfobox|

color={{ice color}} |

corecolor={{ice color light}} |

bordercolor={{ice color dark}} |

name=Pryce |

jname=ヤナギ |

tmname=Yanagi |

slogan=yes |

sloganline=The Teacher of Winter's Harshness |

image=HeartGold SoulSilver Pryce.png |

size=180px |

caption=Art from {{2v2|HeartGold|SoulSilver}} |

gender=Male |

colors=yes|

eyes=Black{{tt|*|Generation II}}, Brown{{tt|*|Generation IV}}|

hair=White, Brown{{tt|*|in youth}}|

hometown=[[Mahogany Town]] |

region=[[Johto]] |

relatives=Children, grandchildren |

age=yes |

years=50+{{sup/2|GSC}}{{sup/4|HGSS}}<br>55+{{sup/5|B2W2}} |

trainer=yes |

trainerclass=[[Gym Leader]]{{sup/2|GSC}}{{sup/4|HGSS}}<br>[[Pokémon Trainer]]{{sup/5|B2W2}} |

game=yes |

generation={{Gen|II}}, {{Gen|IV}}, {{Gen|V}} |

games={{game|Gold and Silver|s|Gold, Silver}}, {{v2|Crystal}}, {{game3|HeartGold and SoulSilver|HeartGold, SoulSilver|s}}, [[Pokémon Black and White Versions 2|Black 2, White 2]], {{pkmn|Stadium 2}}, {{pkmn|Masters EX}} |

leader=yes |

gym=Mahogany Gym |

specialist=yes |

type={{t|Ice}} types |

badge=Badge#Glacier Badge{{!}}Glacier Badge |

anime=yes |

epnum=EP236 |

epname=Rage of Innocence |

enva=[[Carter Cathcart|Jimmy Zoppi]] |

java=Motomu Kiyokawa<br>[[Kōichi Sakaguchi]] (young) |

|envagame=Kyle Hebert <small>({{pkmn|Masters EX}})</small>

|javagame=Chō <small>({{pkmn|Masters EX}})</small>

==In the core series==

==In the side series==

Pryce also appears in [[Pokémon Stadium 2]]'s Johto [[Gym Leader Castle]]. Like other Gym Leaders' teams in this game, he uses a variety of Pokémon not of his specialist type. Notably, Pryce uses a [[Legendary Pokémon]]: the {{2t|Ice|Flying}} [[Legendary birds|Legendary bird]], {{p|Articuno}}.

====Round 1====

|prize=N/A

|ndex=221

|ndex=087

|ndex=091

|ndex=217

|ndex=232

|ndex=124

====Round 2====

|prize=N/A

|ndex=221

|ndex=195

|ndex=237

|ndex=073

|ndex=203

|ndex=144

==In spin-off games==

==Artwork==

|-

|style="{{roundy|20px}} border: 2px solid #{{ice color dark}}; background: #{{ice color light}}; width:80px"| [[File:Gold Silver Pryce.png|120px]]

|style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{ice color dark}}; background: #{{ice color light}}; width:80px"| [[File:Spr HGSS Pryce.png‎]]

|style="{{roundy|80px}} border: 2px solid #{{ice color dark}}; background: #{{ice color light}}; width:80px"| [[File:Spr B2W2 Pryce.png‎]]

===In the main series===

In the present day, Pryce debuted in ''[[EP236|Rage of Innocence]]'', where he had his {{p|Dewgong}} {{m|Ice Beam|freeze over}} the river to stop the {{TP|Lance|Red Gyarados|Gyarados}} from reaching [[Mahogany Town]]. He then scolded {{Ash}} for thinking he could befriend the rampaging Pokémon.

Pryce's position as the Mahogany Town [[Gym Leader]] was revealed in the [[EP237|following episode]], much to Ash's shock. Pryce was unimpressed to see Ash, especially with his {{AP|Pikachu}} on his shoulder, and he sent out his Dewgong to prove that people and Pokémon can't be friends. Ash sent out his {{AP|Phanpy}}, but Dewgong {{status|frozen|froze}} it with Ice Beam. Pryce then turned down Ash's [[Gym]] challenge because he deemed him to be a weak Trainer with no strategy before walking off.

Pryce later came across Ash again as he was in the middle of a confrontation with {{TRT}}. He tried to guide Ash away, but the pair ended up losing their footing and fell into a crevasse. However, [[Ash's Totodile]] and {{AP|Noctowl}} were able to soften their landing. Out of gratitude, Pryce healed Totodile with some wild herbs. The pair later discovered a cave using Totodile's earlier {{m|Water Gun}}, and Pryce soon located a leg bracelet that belonged to his Piloswine. They soon reached an ice cavern and found Piloswine encased in ice. Pryce then realized that Piloswine had left years ago to retrieve some herbs that could heal burns, and he forgave it. Ash used {{AP|Cyndaquil}}'s {{m|Flamethrower}} and Pikachu's {{m|Thunderbolt}} to free Piloswine from the ice and awaken it. Pryce later teamed up with Piloswine to defeat Team Rocket when they tried to steal it. Upon returning to the [[Mahogany Gym]], Pryce agreed to have a Gym battle with Ash the following day.

In ''[[EP238|Nice Pryce, Baby!]]'', Ash returned to the Mahogany Gym the following morning. For the first round, Cyndaquil went up against Pryce's Dewgong. The battle quickly went underwater, and Cyndaquil emerged victorious after using a close-range {{m|Swift}} attack followed by a Flamethrower. Pryce then sent out Piloswine, and it defeated Cyndaquil with a powerful {{m|Take Down}}. Pikachu was sent out next, and while his speed was useless on the icy field, Pikachu was able to slide around and land a few {{t|Electric}} attacks. Despite Piloswine's endurance, Pryce decided to forfeit the match because it was becoming too exhausted to continue. As a result, he awarded Ash the {{Badge|Glacier}}.

|vajp=Yūji Ueda

|desc={{p|Dewgong}} is one of Pryce's main Pokémon. It was first seen preventing the {{TP|Lance|Red Gyarados|Gyarados}} from entering the [[Mahogany Town]] in ''[[EP236|Rage of Innocence]]'' by freezing the river.

===In the GOTCHA! music video===

===In the Pokémon Adventures manga===

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

At the [[Indigo Plateau]], Pryce arrives with his fellow Johto Gym Leaders to take place exhibition tournament for the Pokémon League against the Kanto Gym Leaders. Pryce was appointed the representative of the Johto Gym Leaders and is set to face off against [[Erika]] of [[Celadon City]], the Kanto representative, in the eighth and final match. Due to Blaine feeling under the weather, his match is postponed, thus moving Pryce and Erika's match up. Pryce then faces Erika in battle, which ends with him as the victor. When the [[Masked Man]] attacks the Pokémon League, Pryce disappears as the other Gym Leaders face the army of mind-controlled {{tc|Team Rocket Grunt}}s.

In the climax of this chapter, it is revealed that Pryce is actually the true identity of the Masked Man. After having his disguise destroyed by {{adv|Gold}}, Pryce uses the [[Silver Wing|Silver]] and [[Rainbow Wing]]s to create a [[GS Ball|Poké Ball]] that can capture the Pokémon that can travel through time, {{adv|Celebi}}. With it, he escapes into the Crack in Time, only to be pursued by a relentless Gold. After exiting, Pryce is attacked by the other Pokédex holders, but he easily manages to fend them off. When Celebi emerges from its shrine at the Ilex Forest, Pryce captures it and forces it to send him back in time to a certain point in his life. Once they free themselves from his ice prisons, Gold, {{adv|Silver}}, and {{adv|Crystal}} follow Pryce back in time to stop his evil plan. There, it is revealed that in his youth, Pryce had lost his two {{p|Lapras}} in an avalanche, leaving their child an orphan. Pryce reveals that all along, his plan was to go back in time to reunite his Lapras, La Glace, with its long-lost parents.

Pryce fights against Gold one last time, where it ends with Gold's [[Pibu]] destroying Celebi's Poké Ball, freeing it from Pryce's control. Although defeated, La Glace flies to the past, where it is reunited with its parents. Celebi helps heal Pryce's heart by playing [[Boy and his Lapras|a song from his past]], bringing the man to tears in the process. Having a change of heart, Pryce expresses his envy at Gold's youth as he willingly lets himself fall into the voids of time, where he was presumed missing.

====={{chap|HeartGold & SoulSilver}}=====

Pryce returns along with [[Lance]] and {{adv|Giovanni}} to stop the three Legendary Pokémon created by {{adv|Arceus}}. There, Pryce reveals that while he was trapped in the voids of time, he witnessed the beginning of the world, the births of legendary and mirage Pokémon, and a future that was destroyed by {{DL|Creation trio (Adventures)|Dialga|the}} {{DL|Creation trio (Adventures)|Palkia|three}} {{DL|Creation trio (Adventures)|Giratina|Pokémon}} created by Arceus. Knowing what lies ahead, Pryce called out to someone for help, and was heard by Lance. Celebi, having sensed this beforehand, released Pryce out of the Ilex Forest Shrine, where they encountered Giovanni, who was waiting for Celebi's arrival to cure his disease. When Giovanni saw Pryce, he immediately attacked Pryce and would have killed him if it weren't for the intervention of Lance, who told them of the events going on at the [[Sinjoh Ruins]]. Although reluctant, the three Trainers formed an alliance to stop the destruction before it could begin.

Pryce is a frail man confined to a wheelchair. He rarely leaves his Gym, and uses his Pokémon to create fantastic ice sculptures. With the use of his Pokémon, he also makes it appear like the sculptures can move and attack.

|desc={{p|Swinub}} was used to assist Whitney in battling the Suicune ice sculpture and managed to win by freezing it. During Pryce's battle against Erika, it fought against her {{p|Bellossom}} and won. When Pryce was lost in time, it was lost with him and returned when Pryce was freed by Celebi. In the {{chap|HeartGold & SoulSilver}} chapter, Swinub was used to battle against Dialga. It has a Mild [[nature]].

|desc=La Prus (Japanese: '''ラ ・ プルス''' ''La Prus'') and La Pris (Japanese: '''ラ ・ プリス''' ''La Pris'') are the father and mother of La Glace, respectively. They died after being caught in an avalanche during Pryce's youth. Pryce then decided to capture Celebi in order to travel in time and reunite with them. Although Pryce never reunited with them, they were able to reunite with their child after La Glace traveled to the past.

|desc=This {{p|Celebi}} was the same one that Pryce originally sought after to reunite La Glace with its lost parents. After the events of the third chapter, Pryce waded around in the Crack in Time; only surviving due to Celebi's influence. After sensing the destruction {{p|Arceus}} would bring upon the Johto and Sinnoh regions, Celebi freed Pryce from his prison to help combat the threat.}}

|img=Pryce La Glace.png

|desc=La Glace (Japanese: '''ヒョウガ''' ''Hyōga'') is a {{p|Lapras}} that hatched from an {{pkmn|Egg}} that its parents, La Prus and La Pris, created. Pryce first used La Glace to give the Suicune sculpture the appearance of attacking its opponents. After Celebi was freed from its Poké Ball, La Glace was reunited with its parents after traveling through time. It is unknown if La Glace returned alongside Pryce during the ''HeartGold & SoulSilver'' chapter.

===In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga===

Pryce was first seen searching for his lost Pokémon. Red found his {{p|Swinub}} covered in ice, and helped Pryce to try to rescue it. They couldn't get Swinub out, but eventually the ice cracked and Swinub escaped. Pryce and Red then went to his Gym, where Pryce challenged Red to a battle. During the battle, {{TP|Red|Clefairy}} tries to dazzle Swinub in order to trick it. Clefairy's plan worked until it put on Piloswine costume, which angered Piloswine and caused it to attack Clefairy. Piloswine then was finally reunited with Pryce and Swinub.

|desc={{p|Swinub}} was introduced while trapped in ice. Red and Pryce were eventually able to set it free. Swinub was then used in the Gym Battle against [[Red's Clefairy]].

* Pryce has an [[Game move errors|illegal]] Tentacruel in [[Pokémon Stadium 2]]: {{m|Mirror Coat}} is an [[Egg Move]], while {{m|Reflect}} is a [[Generation I]] [[TM]].

| From the name ''{{wp|Norbert}}'', meaning "northern brightness"

| 柳伯 ''Liǔbó''{{tt|*|Anime, Adventures (Ching Win and Jilin Publishing reprint)}}

|Similar to {{p|Lapras}}

|Spanish

|Similar to {{p|Lapras}}

|Spanish

|Korea

|Same as Japanese name

|Direct translation of Japanese name

|Direct translation of Japanese name