- For the game titled "Pokémon Blue Version", see Pokémon Blue Version (Japanese) and Pokémon Red and Blue Versions.
Blue グリーン Green
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[[File:|{{{size}}}]] Art from Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen
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Gender
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Male
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Eye color
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Brown
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Hair color
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Brown
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Hometown
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Pallet Town
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Region
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Kanto
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Relatives
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Professor Oak (grandfather) Daisy (sister)
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Trainer class
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Gym Leader, former Champion, Rival
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Generation
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I, II, III, IV
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Games
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Red, Blue, Yellow, Gold, Silver, Crystal, FireRed, LeafGreen, HeartGold and SoulSilver, Stadium, Stadium 2
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Leader of
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Viridian Gym
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Badge
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Earth Badge
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Anime counterpart
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Gary Oak
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Counterpart debut
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EP001
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Blue (Japanese: グリーン Green) is the rival of the player in the Generation I games as well as in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, their Generation III remakes. He is a very cocky and somewhat unfriendly young man, typically bidding Red/Leaf farewell with "Smell ya later!", and his primary motivation throughout the game is to become the greatest Trainer. He eventually accomplishes this, defeating the Kanto Elite Four and becoming the Champion, but is quickly defeated by the player, losing the position.
Three years later, during Generation II and Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, the Generation IV remakes, he is the Gym Leader of Viridian City, having taken that position after Giovanni disbanded Team Rocket and went into solo training. In this position, he is notably the only Gym Leader to not focus on one specific type. He has not lost his nature as a traveling Trainer, however, and frequently leaves his Gym, creating problems for Trainers who wish to challenge him.
Professor Oak, his grandfather, deems Blue to have not realized how to care for Pokémon, which he commends Red or Leaf for on their becoming Champion. This is evident in the state Blue leaves Silph Co. in, still under Team Rocket control, leaving Red or Leaf to take out Giovanni.
In Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue, Pokémon Yellow, and Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, Blue is the player's rival: he will meet up with the player as he or she journeys across the Kanto region, challenging him or her every once in a while to test their skills. Like the player, he receives a starter Pokémon from Professor Oak, his grandfather: the one he chooses will be of the type which weakens the type of the player's choice, except in Yellow, where he will instead take the Eevee Oak intended for the player.
Eventually, Blue becomes the Champion at Indigo Plateau, though he is defeated by the player before Professor Oak arrives to congratulate him. Frustrated, he journeys to the Sevii Islands at Professor Oak's request, obtaining new Pokémon to use in his matches against the player at the Indigo Plateau (as all in-game Champions return to their position on the player's return to their hometown).
In Pokémon Gold, Silver, and Crystal and Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, however, it is revealed that, after he was defeated at the Indigo Plateau by Red (Leaf does not appear and is not mentioned in the remake games, and did not exist at the time of Generation II), Blue returned to Pallet Town. As Viridian Gym's Leader, Giovanni, had abandoned it on his defeat at the hands of Red, Blue took the position, now handing out the Earth Badge to Trainers who bested him. In Generation IV, he also distributes TM92 (Trick Room) to those who win the Earth Badge, but does not give a TM out in Generation II.
Pokémon
In Red, Green, and Blue
- For all of Blue's teams in Pokémon Red, Green, and Blue, see Blue (game)/Red, Green, and Blue
As Champion
If the player chose Bulbasaur:
If the player chose Charmander:
If the player chose Squirtle:
In Yellow
- For all of Blue's teams in Pokémon Yellow, see Blue (game)/Yellow
As Champion
If Eevee evolved into Jolteon:
If Eevee evolved into Flareon:
If Eevee evolved into Vaporeon:
In Gold, Silver, and Crystal
In FireRed and LeafGreen
- For all of Blue's teams in Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, see Blue (game)/FireRed and LeafGreen
As Champion
If the player chose Bulbasaur:
If the player chose Charmander:
If the player chose Squirtle:
Rematches
If the player chose Bulbasaur:
If the player chose Charmander:
If the player chose Squirtle:
In HeartGold and SoulSilver
Initial battle
Rematches
In Stadium and Stadium 2
- For all of Blue's teams in both Pokémon Stadium and Pokémon Stadium 2, see Blue (game)/Stadium series
Quotes
Generation I
Before the Champion battle:
Hey! I was looking forward to seeing you, [Player]! My rival should be strong to keep me sharp! While working on my Pokédex, I looked all over for powerful Pokémon! Not only that, I assembled teams that would beat any Pokémon type! And now! I am the Pokémon League Champion! [Player]! Do you know what that means? I'll tell you! I am the most powerful Trainer in the world!
After being defeated: NO! That can't be! You beat my best! After all that work to become League champ? My reign is over already? It's not fair! Why? Why did I lose? I never made any mistakes raising my Pokémon... Darn it! You're the new Pokémon League Champion! Although I don't like to admit it.
Generation II
Yo! Finally got here, huh? I wasn't in the mood at Cinnabar, but now I'm ready to battle you. ... You're telling me you conquered all the Gyms in Johto? Heh! Johto's Gyms must be pretty pathetic then. Hey, don't worry about it. I'll know if you are good or not by battling you right now. Ready, Johto Champ?
What? How the heck did I lose to you? ... Tch, all right... Here, take this -- it's Earth Badge.
... All right, I was wrong. You're the real deal. You are a good Trainer. But I'm going to beat you someday. Don't you forget it!
Generation III
Before the Champion battle:
Hey! I was looking forward to seeing you, [Player]! My rival should be strong to keep me sharp! While working on my Pokédex, I looked all over for Pokémon! Not only that, I assembled teams that would beat any Pokémon type! And now... I am the Pokémon League Champion! [Player]! Do you know what that means? I'll tell you! I am the most powerful Trainer in the world!
After being defeated: NO! That can't be! You beat me at my best! After all that work to become League champ? My reign is over already? It's not fair! Why? Why did I lose? I never made any mistakes raising my Pokémon... Darn it! You're the new Pokémon League Champion! Although I don't like to admit it.
Blue himself does not make an appearance in the anime, however, he receives an anime counterpart in Gary Oak, Ash Ketchum's rival. Much like Blue, Gary was initially very arrogant, but mellowed out after he was defeated by his rival. Unlike Blue, however, Gary has not been shown to have taken over Viridian Gym, instead he has decided to become a Pokémon researcher like his grandfather, and is currently working with Professor Rowan in Sinnoh.