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[[File:Falkner Policeman.png|thumb|130px|Falkner wearing his {{tc|Policeman}} uniform]]

Falkner is a part-time {{tc|Policeman|police officer}}, first seen in ''[[PS094|Elekid Incorporated]]'' in uniform. Falkner is the arresting officer at the scene after {{adv|Silver}} stole {{TP|Silver|Totodile}} from [[Professor Elm]]'s laboratory, pinning the burnt yard on {{adv|Gold}}. Gold, however, cooperates with Falkner (under threat of interrogation and being arrested) when it is revealed he is the only one to have seen Silver's face, although Gold totally blows it on purpose so he could go after Silver himself. Falkner offers Gold and [[Joey]] a place to stay for the night at the police station in [[Cherrygrove City]], but Gold turns it down and runs off with Joey in tow.

Falkner properly introduces himself in ''[[PS099|Sunkern Treasure]]'' when they meet once again. He is revealed not yet to be the {{ci|Violet}} [[Gym Leader]], but is training his team in attempt to acquire the position his father (the previous Gym Leader) left behind mysteriously; this is Falkner's dream. {{p|Skarmory}}, a foe Falkner says he's encountered before, then attacks the duo, having been said to be terrorizing the area and is currently attacking herds of {{p|Sunkern}}. Falkner sends {{p|Noctowl}} and {{p|Pidgeotto}} to attack it, but notes they aren't delivering much damage. Gold helps Falkner by sending out his freshly caught {{p|Sunkern|Sunbo}} to bounce [[Exbo]] into range of the Skarmory, dealing a heavy blow using {{m|Ember}}. Falkner then catches it, adding it to his team, and invites Gold to train with him. Gold declines the offer, as he has Silver to catch, but they make plans to meet later once their objectives are met. In this chapter, {{adv|Bill}} is also on his way to find Falkner, to tell him a date for his Gym Leader qualification exam has been set. In ''[[PS104|The Ariados up There]]'', it is revealed Falkner passed the [[Gym Leader]] exam.

The Bird Keeper suggests escaping, but Falkner isn't interested, instead turning to attack Suicune, who shatters Skarmory's wing. In one last attempt, Falkner tries to capture Suicune, but Raikou and Entei return the previous favor by destroying the Poké Balls. Skarmory begins to plummet to earth. However, Suicune saves the three of them, before the Beast trio flee. With their escape, Falkner laments on how he wouldn't have defeated Raikou and Entei even without Suicune's interference, and formally arrests the Bird Keeper under suspicion of poaching.

Falkner, along with his fellow Gym Leaders from Kanto and Johto, travels to the [[Indigo Plateau]] to take part in a tournament being held there. In the fight match ups, he is paired up against the [[Fuchsia City]] Gym Leader, [[Janine]]. In the third match, Falkner begins his battle against Janine and starts off with his {{p|Noctowl}}. The {{type|Poison}} Gym Leader proves too powerful for him and he is nearly defeated by her {{p|Ariados}}. Falkner eventually wins by default after Janine leaves the battle after seeing what she thought was her missing father, [[Koga]], in the crowd.

Later, when the Masked Man attacks the Pokémon League, Falkner and the other Gym Leaders battle his army of mind controlled {{tc|Team Rocket Grunt}}s. They battle the Grunts on the [[Magnet Train]] and eventually manage to defeat them as they return to the stadium. After the defeat of the Masked Man, Falkner and the other Gym Leaders go back into their usual duties.

In the {{chap|HeartGold & SoulSilver}}, Falkner, along with his fellow Gym Leaders, [[Chuck]] and [[Bugsy]], are seen guarding the [[Ecruteak Gym]] due to a large amount of people coming there requesting the use of [[Morty]]'s clairvoyance. They are confronted by {{adv|Silver}} who had arrived to ask for Morty's assistance and try to stop him. When he refuses to let them stop him, Silver attacks them and quickly knocks out their Pokémon. Eventually, they stop battling after it is revealed that Silver was supposed to meet Morty anyway; Falkner then takes him to Morty inside of the Gym.

Falkner's father is [[Walker]], who also uses [[Poké Ball]]s that have been turned into boomerangs by attaching Skarmory's shed feathers to their sides.

|desc=Falkner's {{p|Pidgeotto}} was first seen along with his Noctowl when they were chasing after a Skarmory. Falkner, wanting to catch it, sends Pidgeotto to weaken it. However, it was not able to weaken Skarmory enough.

|desc=Falkner's {{p|Noctowl}} is the main Pokémon in his team. He was first used to weaken Skarmory as he was chasing around a bunch of Sunkern. Later, Falkner used him against Janine's Ariados. After a long battle between the reliable Pokémon, Noctowl was able to defeat Ariados.

|desc={{p|Skarmory}} was a wild Pokémon chasing a bunch of {{p|Sunkern}}. Falkner battles it and with the help of Gold's [[Exbo]], he was able to capture it.

 

Skarmory was later used to aid Falkner in capturing {{p|Raikou}} and {{p|Entei}}, and later {{p|Suicune}}, but to no avail.

Skarmory's known moves are {{m|Agility}}, {{m|Swift}} and {{m|Steel Wing}}, and its Ability is {{a|Keen Eye}}.}}